#5e509b

Color #5e509b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.56 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e509b

RGB

rgb(94, 80, 155)

HSL

hsl(251.2, 31.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.2, 48.4%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(38.7, 24.47, -39.11)

LCH

lch(38.7, 46.13, 302.03)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.1175, 289.85)

HWB

hwb(251.2, 31.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d9b50

Analogous

#50689b

#5e509b

#84509b

Triadic

#5e509b

#9b5e50

#509b5e

Split-complementary

#5e509b

#9b8450

#689b50

Tetradic

#5e509b

#9b508d

#8d9b50

#509b5e

Square

#5e509b

#9b5068

#8d9b50

#509b84

Shades

Color #5e509b mixed toward black.

#4e4381

#3f3567

#2f284e

#1f1b34

#100d1a

Tints

Color #5e509b mixed toward white.

#7668b1

#9186c1

#ada4d0

#c8c3e0

#e4e1ef

Tones

Color #5e509b mixed toward gray.

#625695

#665d8f

#6a6388

#6e6982

#726f7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.1:1

White text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58588d · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#595a8a · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#5d817e · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e509b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e509b]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5e509b (#5e509b) is rgb(94, 80, 155) in RGB.

No, #5e509b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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