#5d557a

Color #5d557a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.54 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#5d557a

RGB

rgb(93, 85, 122)

HSL

hsl(253, 17.9%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253, 30.3%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 30.3%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(38.25, 11.84, -19.75)

LCH

lch(38.25, 23.03, 300.94)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.0596, 293.94)

HWB

hwb(253, 33.3%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727a55

Analogous

#555f7a

#5d557a

#70557a

Triadic

#5d557a

#7a5d55

#557a5d

Split-complementary

#5d557a

#7a7055

#5f7a55

Tetradic

#5d557a

#7a5572

#727a55

#557a5d

Square

#5d557a

#7a555f

#727a55

#557a70

Shades

Color #5d557a mixed toward black.

#4e4766

#3e3951

#2f2a3d

#1f1c29

#100e14

Tints

Color #5d557a mixed toward white.

#746a97

#9088ac

#aca6c1

#c7c3d6

#e3e1ea

Tones

Color #5d557a mixed toward gray.

#5f5877

#615b74

#625e71

#64616e

#66646b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a72 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#5a5b70 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#5d6c6a · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d557a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d557a]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5d557a (#5d557a) is rgb(93, 85, 122) in RGB.

No, #5d557a 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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