#5e5a7f

Color #5e5a7f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5a7f

RGB

rgb(94, 90, 127)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 17.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 29.1%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 29.1%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(39.96, 10.35, -20.18)

LCH

lch(39.96, 22.68, 297.15)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0589, 288.93)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 35.3%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7f5a

Analogous

#5a687f

#5e5a7f

#705a7f

Triadic

#5e5a7f

#7f5e5a

#5a7f5e

Split-complementary

#5e5a7f

#7f705a

#687f5a

Tetradic

#5e5a7f

#7f5a7b

#7b7f5a

#5a7f5e

Square

#5e5a7f

#7f5a68

#7b7f5a

#5a7f70

Shades

Color #5e5a7f mixed toward black.

#4e4b6a

#3f3c55

#2f2d3f

#1f1e2a

#100f15

Tints

Color #5e5a7f mixed toward white.

#74709a

#908dae

#aca9c2

#c8c6d6

#e3e2eb

Tones

Color #5e5a7f mixed toward gray.

#605d7c

#636079

#656376

#686673

#6a696f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c77 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#5d5d75 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#5e716f · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5a7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5a7f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e5a7f (#5e5a7f) is rgb(94, 90, 127) in RGB.

No, #5e5a7f 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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