#5f55b7

Color #5f55b7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f55b7

RGB

rgb(95, 85, 183)

HSL

hsl(246.1, 40.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.1, 53.6%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(41.76, 30.01, -50.81)

LCH

lch(41.76, 59.01, 300.57)

OKLCH

oklch(51%, 0.1495, 284.41)

HWB

hwb(246.1, 33.3%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb755

Analogous

#557cb7

#5f55b7

#9055b7

Triadic

#5f55b7

#b75f55

#55b75f

Split-complementary

#5f55b7

#b79055

#7cb755

Tetradic

#5f55b7

#b755ad

#adb755

#55b75f

Square

#5f55b7

#b7557c

#adb755

#55b790

Shades

Color #5f55b7 mixed toward black.

#4c429d

#3c357d

#2d285e

#1e1b3f

#0f0d1f

Tints

Color #5f55b7 mixed toward white.

#7971c3

#948ecf

#afaadb

#cac6e7

#e4e3f3

Tones

Color #5f55b7 mixed toward gray.

#655daf

#6c65a7

#726d9e

#797696

#7f7e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5ba6 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5ca1 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#5f9793 · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f55b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f55b7]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f55b7 (#5f55b7) is rgb(95, 85, 183) in RGB.

No, #5f55b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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