#5d5499

Color #5d5499

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5d5499

RGB

rgb(93, 84, 153)

HSL

hsl(247.8, 29.1%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.8, 45.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.2%, 45.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(39.53, 21.11, -36.6)

LCH

lch(39.53, 42.25, 299.98)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.1083, 287.68)

HWB

hwb(247.8, 32.9%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909954

Analogous

#546e99

#5d5499

#805499

Triadic

#5d5499

#995d54

#54995d

Split-complementary

#5d5499

#998054

#6e9954

Tetradic

#5d5499

#995490

#909954

#54995d

Square

#5d5499

#99546e

#909954

#549980

Shades

Color #5d5499 mixed toward black.

#4e4680

#3e3866

#2f2a4d

#1f1c33

#100e1a

Tints

Color #5d5499 mixed toward white.

#756cae

#908abf

#aca7cf

#c8c4df

#e3e2ef

Tones

Color #5d5499 mixed toward gray.

#615a93

#66608e

#6a6588

#6e6b82

#72717c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59598c · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#5a5a89 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#5d817e · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d5499;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d5499]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d5499 (#5d5499) is rgb(93, 84, 153) in RGB.

No, #5d5499 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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