#5e5a7c

Color #5e5a7c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5a7c

RGB

rgb(94, 90, 124)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 15.9%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 27.4%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(39.83, 9.57, -18.54)

LCH

lch(39.83, 20.86, 297.3)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0542, 289.6)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 35.3%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787c5a

Analogous

#5a677c

#5e5a7c

#6f5a7c

Triadic

#5e5a7c

#7c5e5a

#5a7c5e

Split-complementary

#5e5a7c

#7c6f5a

#677c5a

Tetradic

#5e5a7c

#7c5a78

#787c5a

#5a7c5e

Square

#5e5a7c

#7c5a67

#787c5a

#5a7c6f

Shades

Color #5e5a7c mixed toward black.

#4e4b67

#3f3c53

#2f2d3e

#1f1e29

#100f15

Tints

Color #5e5a7c mixed toward white.

#757097

#908dac

#aca9c1

#c8c6d6

#e3e2ea

Tones

Color #5e5a7c mixed toward gray.

#605d79

#626076

#656374

#676571

#69686e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.23:1

White text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c75 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#5d5d73 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#5e6f6d · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 15.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5a7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5a7c]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e5a7c (#5e5a7c) is rgb(94, 90, 124) in RGB.

No, #5e5a7c 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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