#5e548b

Color #5e548b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.5 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#5e548b

RGB

rgb(94, 84, 139)

HSL

hsl(250.9, 24.7%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.9, 39.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 39.6%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(38.87, 17.39, -29.17)

LCH

lch(38.87, 33.96, 300.8)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.0874, 291.05)

HWB

hwb(250.9, 32.9%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#818b54

Analogous

#54658b

#5e548b

#79548b

Triadic

#5e548b

#8b5e54

#548b5e

Split-complementary

#5e548b

#8b7954

#658b54

Tetradic

#5e548b

#8b5481

#818b54

#548b5e

Square

#5e548b

#8b5465

#818b54

#548b79

Shades

Color #5e548b mixed toward black.

#4e4674

#3f385d

#2f2a45

#1f1c2e

#100e17

Tints

Color #5e548b mixed toward white.

#756aa5

#9088b7

#aca5c9

#c8c3db

#e3e1ed

Tones

Color #5e548b mixed toward gray.

#615886

#645d82

#67627d

#6a6679

#6d6b74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a80 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#5a5b7e · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#5e7775 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e548b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e548b]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5e548b (#5e548b) is rgb(94, 84, 139) in RGB.

No, #5e548b 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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