#5f509a

Color #5f509a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.84 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#5f509a

RGB

rgb(95, 80, 154)

HSL

hsl(252.2, 31.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.2, 48.1%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.3%, 48.1%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(38.73, 24.45, -38.45)

LCH

lch(38.73, 45.57, 302.45)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.1161, 290.68)

HWB

hwb(252.2, 31.4%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b9a50

Analogous

#50669a

#5f509a

#84509a

Triadic

#5f509a

#9a5f50

#509a5f

Split-complementary

#5f509a

#9a8450

#669a50

Tetradic

#5f509a

#9a508b

#8b9a50

#509a5f

Square

#5f509a

#9a5066

#8b9a50

#509a84

Shades

Color #5f509a mixed toward black.

#4f4380

#3f3567

#30284d

#201b33

#100d1a

Tints

Color #5f509a mixed toward white.

#7668b0

#9286c0

#ada4d0

#c8c2e0

#e4e1ef

Tones

Color #5f509a mixed toward gray.

#635694

#665c8e

#6a6388

#6e6981

#716f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.1:1

White text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59598d · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#5a5b89 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#5e817e · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f509a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f509a]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5f509a (#5f509a) is rgb(95, 80, 154) in RGB.

No, #5f509a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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