#5d5c8b

Color #5d5c8b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.8 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5d5c8b

RGB

rgb(93, 92, 139)

HSL

hsl(241.3, 20.3%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.3, 33.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(40.97, 12.06, -25.89)

LCH

lch(40.97, 28.56, 294.98)

OKLCH

oklch(49.6%, 0.0744, 284.32)

HWB

hwb(241.3, 36.1%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8b5c

Analogous

#5c728b

#5d5c8b

#755c8b

Triadic

#5d5c8b

#8b5d5c

#5c8b5d

Split-complementary

#5d5c8b

#8b755c

#728b5c

Tetradic

#5d5c8b

#8b5c8a

#8a8b5c

#5c8b5d

Square

#5d5c8b

#8b5c72

#8a8b5c

#5c8b75

Shades

Color #5d5c8b mixed toward black.

#4e4d74

#3e3d5d

#2f2e45

#1f1f2e

#100f17

Tints

Color #5d5c8b mixed toward white.

#7473a2

#908fb5

#acabc7

#c7c7da

#e3e3ec

Tones

Color #5d5c8b mixed toward gray.

#616087

#656483

#68687f

#6c6c7b

#707077

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d82 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#5d5d7f · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#5d7978 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 18.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d5c8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d5c8b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5d5c8b (#5d5c8b) is rgb(93, 92, 139) in RGB.

No, #5d5c8b 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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