#5c5a99

Color #5c5a99

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.72 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5c5a99

RGB

rgb(92, 90, 153)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 25.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 41.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(41.04, 17.06, -34.21)

LCH

lch(41.04, 38.23, 296.5)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.0991, 283.66)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 35.3%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97995a

Analogous

#5a7799

#5c5a99

#7b5a99

Triadic

#5c5a99

#995c5a

#5a995c

Split-complementary

#5c5a99

#997b5a

#77995a

Tetradic

#5c5a99

#995a97

#97995a

#5a995c

Square

#5c5a99

#995a77

#97995a

#5a997b

Shades

Color #5c5a99 mixed toward black.

#4d4b7f

#3d3c66

#2e2d4c

#1f1e33

#0f0f19

Tints

Color #5c5a99 mixed toward white.

#7573ac

#908fbd

#acabcd

#c8c7de

#e3e3ee

Tones

Color #5c5a99 mixed toward gray.

#615f94

#66648e

#6b6a89

#706f84

#74747f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.38:1

White text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b8d · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5b5b8a · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#5c8280 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c5a99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c5a99]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5c5a99 (#5c5a99) is rgb(92, 90, 153) in RGB.

No, #5c5a99 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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