#5e55c4

Color #5e55c4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 3.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e55c4

RGB

rgb(94, 85, 196)

HSL

hsl(244.9, 48.5%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.9, 56.6%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 56.6%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(42.55, 33.82, -57.12)

LCH

lch(42.55, 66.38, 300.63)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.1674, 282.53)

HWB

hwb(244.9, 33.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bbc455

Analogous

#5583c4

#5e55c4

#9655c4

Triadic

#5e55c4

#c45e55

#55c45e

Split-complementary

#5e55c4

#c49655

#83c455

Tetradic

#5e55c4

#c455bb

#bbc455

#55c45e

Square

#5e55c4

#c45583

#bbc455

#55c496

Shades

Color #5e55c4 mixed toward black.

#463cae

#38308b

#2a2468

#1c1846

#0e0c23

Tints

Color #5e55c4 mixed toward white.

#7971ce

#948ed8

#afaae2

#c9c6eb

#e4e3f5

Tones

Color #5e55c4 mixed toward gray.

#665ebb

#6e67b2

#7571a8

#7d7a9f

#858396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5ab1 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#5b5bac · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#5ea09c · ΔE 36.6

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e55c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e55c4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e55c4 (#5e55c4) is rgb(94, 85, 196) in RGB.

No, #5e55c4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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