#5e5ebe

Color #5e5ebe

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 12 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5ebe

RGB

rgb(94, 94, 190)

HSL

hsl(240, 42.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 50.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.5%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(44.38, 26.4, -50.69)

LCH

lch(44.38, 57.15, 297.51)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.1468, 280.16)

HWB

hwb(240, 36.9%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bebe5e

Analogous

#5e8ebe

#5e5ebe

#8e5ebe

Triadic

#5e5ebe

#be5e5e

#5ebe5e

Split-complementary

#5e5ebe

#be8e5e

#8ebe5e

Tetradic

#5e5ebe

#be5ebe

#bebe5e

#5ebe5e

Square

#5e5ebe

#be5e8e

#bebe5e

#5ebe8e

Shades

Color #5e5ebe mixed toward black.

#4444a9

#363687

#292965

#1b1b43

#0e0e22

Tints

Color #5e5ebe mixed toward white.

#7979c9

#9494d4

#afafdf

#c9c9e9

#e4e4f4

Tones

Color #5e5ebe mixed toward gray.

#6666b6

#6e6eae

#7676a6

#7e7e9e

#868696

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ead · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5e5ea8 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#5e9e9a · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5ebe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5ebe]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5e5ebe (#5e5ebe) is rgb(94, 94, 190) in RGB.

No, #5e5ebe 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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