#5f4fa0

Color #5f4fa0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f4fa0

RGB

rgb(95, 79, 160)

HSL

hsl(251.9, 33.9%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.9, 50.6%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(38.83, 26.82, -41.89)

LCH

lch(38.83, 49.74, 302.63)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.1262, 289.93)

HWB

hwb(251.9, 31%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90a04f

Analogous

#4f68a0

#5f4fa0

#884fa0

Triadic

#5f4fa0

#a05f4f

#4fa05f

Split-complementary

#5f4fa0

#a0884f

#68a04f

Tetradic

#5f4fa0

#a04f90

#90a04f

#4fa05f

Square

#5f4fa0

#a04f68

#90a04f

#4fa088

Shades

Color #5f4fa0 mixed toward black.

#4f4285

#3f356b

#302850

#201a35

#100d1b

Tints

Color #5f4fa0 mixed toward white.

#7768b4

#9286c3

#ada4d2

#c9c3e1

#e4e1f0

Tones

Color #5f4fa0 mixed toward gray.

#635699

#675d93

#6b638c

#6f6a85

#74717e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.11:1

White text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595892 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#595b8e · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#5e8582 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f4fa0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f4fa0]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5f4fa0 (#5f4fa0) is rgb(95, 79, 160) in RGB.

No, #5f4fa0 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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