#5d53ab

Color #5d53ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5d53ab

RGB

rgb(93, 83, 171)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 34.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 51.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.6%, 51.5%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(40.33, 27.12, -46.04)

LCH

lch(40.33, 53.43, 300.5)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.1358, 285.5)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 32.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1ab53

Analogous

#5375ab

#5d53ab

#8953ab

Triadic

#5d53ab

#ab5d53

#53ab5d

Split-complementary

#5d53ab

#ab8953

#75ab53

Tetradic

#5d53ab

#ab53a1

#a1ab53

#53ab5d

Square

#5d53ab

#ab5375

#a1ab53

#53ab89

Shades

Color #5d53ab mixed toward black.

#4e458e

#3e3772

#2f2a55

#1f1c39

#100e1c

Tints

Color #5d53ab mixed toward white.

#786fb9

#938cc7

#aea9d5

#c9c6e3

#e4e2f1

Tones

Color #5d53ab mixed toward gray.

#635aa4

#68629c

#6e6995

#74708e

#797886

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59599b · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#595a97 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#5d8d8a · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d53ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d53ab]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d53ab (#5d53ab) is rgb(93, 83, 171) in RGB.

No, #5d53ab 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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