#5e597f

Color #5e597f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.12 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#5e597f

RGB

rgb(94, 89, 127)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 17.6%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 29.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 29.9%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(39.68, 10.98, -20.61)

LCH

lch(39.68, 23.35, 298.05)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.0605, 289.99)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 34.9%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7f59

Analogous

#59677f

#5e597f

#71597f

Triadic

#5e597f

#7f5e59

#597f5e

Split-complementary

#5e597f

#7f7159

#677f59

Tetradic

#5e597f

#7f597a

#7a7f59

#597f5e

Square

#5e597f

#7f5967

#7a7f59

#597f71

Shades

Color #5e597f mixed toward black.

#4e4a6a

#3f3b55

#2f2d40

#1f1e2a

#100f15

Tints

Color #5e597f mixed toward white.

#756f9a

#908cae

#aca9c2

#c8c5d7

#e3e2eb

Tones

Color #5e597f mixed toward gray.

#605c7c

#635f79

#656376

#676672

#6a696f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.21:1

White text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c77 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#5c5d75 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#5e716f · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 16.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e597f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e597f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e597f (#5e597f) is rgb(94, 89, 127) in RGB.

No, #5e597f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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