#5e4ece

Color #5e4ece

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.08 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5e4ece

RGB

rgb(94, 78, 206)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 56.6%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 62.1%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.4%, 62.1%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(41.66, 41.1, -64.35)

LCH

lch(41.66, 76.36, 302.57)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.1897, 283.14)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 30.6%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bece4e

Analogous

#4e7ece

#5e4ece

#9e4ece

Triadic

#5e4ece

#ce5e4e

#4ece5e

Split-complementary

#5e4ece

#ce9e4e

#7ece4e

Tetradic

#5e4ece

#ce4ebe

#bece4e

#4ece5e

Square

#5e4ece

#ce4e7e

#bece4e

#4ece9e

Shades

Color #5e4ece mixed toward black.

#4433b9

#362994

#291f6f

#1b154a

#0e0a25

Tints

Color #5e4ece mixed toward white.

#796cd6

#9489de

#afa7e6

#c9c4ef

#e4e2f7

Tones

Color #5e4ece mixed toward gray.

#6659c3

#6e63b9

#766eae

#7e79a3

#868399

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5857b9 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#585ab4 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#5da6a2 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e4ece;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e4ece]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e4ece (#5e4ece) is rgb(94, 78, 206) in RGB.

No, #5e4ece 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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