#5f558a

Color #5f558a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.76 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f558a

RGB

rgb(95, 85, 138)

HSL

hsl(251.3, 23.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.3, 38.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(39.18, 16.79, -28.07)

LCH

lch(39.18, 32.71, 300.89)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.0843, 291.57)

HWB

hwb(251.3, 33.3%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#808a55

Analogous

#55658a

#5f558a

#79558a

Triadic

#5f558a

#8a5f55

#558a5f

Split-complementary

#5f558a

#8a7955

#658a55

Tetradic

#5f558a

#8a5580

#808a55

#558a5f

Square

#5f558a

#8a5565

#808a55

#558a79

Shades

Color #5f558a mixed toward black.

#4f4773

#3f395c

#2f2a45

#201c2e

#100e17

Tints

Color #5f558a mixed toward white.

#766ba4

#9189b6

#ada6c8

#c8c4db

#e4e1ed

Tones

Color #5f558a mixed toward gray.

#625986

#645e81

#67627d

#6a6778

#6d6b74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.15:1

White text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b80 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#5b5c7d · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#5f7775 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f558a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f558a]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5f558a (#5f558a) is rgb(95, 85, 138) in RGB.

No, #5f558a 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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