#5e5b80

Color #5e5b80

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5b80

RGB

rgb(94, 91, 128)

HSL

hsl(244.9, 16.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.9, 28.9%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(40.28, 10, -20.28)

LCH

lch(40.28, 22.61, 296.25)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.0588, 287.73)

HWB

hwb(244.9, 35.7%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d805b

Analogous

#5b6a80

#5e5b80

#705b80

Triadic

#5e5b80

#805e5b

#5b805e

Split-complementary

#5e5b80

#80705b

#6a805b

Tetradic

#5e5b80

#805b7d

#7d805b

#5b805e

Square

#5e5b80

#805b6a

#7d805b

#5b8070

Shades

Color #5e5b80 mixed toward black.

#4e4c6b

#3f3d55

#2f2d40

#1f1e2b

#100f15

Tints

Color #5e5b80 mixed toward white.

#75719a

#908eae

#acaac3

#c8c6d7

#e3e3eb

Tones

Color #5e5b80 mixed toward gray.

#615e7d

#63617a

#666477

#686774

#6b6a70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d78 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#5d5d76 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#5e7270 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5b80;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5b80]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e5b80 (#5e5b80) is rgb(94, 91, 128) in RGB.

No, #5e5b80 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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