#5d6379

Color #5d6379

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5d6379

RGB

rgb(93, 99, 121)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 13.1%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 23.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(42.2, 2.9, -13.09)

LCH

lch(42.2, 13.41, 282.49)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.0359, 273.04)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 36.5%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79735d

Analogous

#5d7179

#5d6379

#655d79

Triadic

#5d6379

#795d63

#63795d

Split-complementary

#5d6379

#79655d

#71795d

Tetradic

#5d6379

#735d79

#79735d

#63795d

Square

#5d6379

#795d71

#79735d

#5d7965

Shades

Color #5d6379 mixed toward black.

#4e5365

#3e4251

#2f323d

#1f2128

#101114

Tints

Color #5d6379 mixed toward white.

#747b94

#8f95a9

#abb0bf

#c7cad4

#e3e5ea

Tones

Color #5d6379 mixed toward gray.

#5f6477

#626674

#646772

#666870

#696a6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606074 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5f73 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#5d706f · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d6379;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d6379]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5d6379 (#5d6379) is rgb(93, 99, 121) in RGB.

No, #5d6379 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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