#5f55c2

Color #5f55c2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 4.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f55c2

RGB

rgb(95, 85, 194)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 47.2%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 56.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(51%, 56.2%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(42.5, 33.4, -56.04)

LCH

lch(42.5, 65.24, 300.8)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.1645, 283.17)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 33.3%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8c255

Analogous

#5581c2

#5f55c2

#9555c2

Triadic

#5f55c2

#c25f55

#55c25f

Split-complementary

#5f55c2

#c29555

#81c255

Tetradic

#5f55c2

#c255b8

#b8c255

#55c25f

Square

#5f55c2

#c25581

#b8c255

#55c295

Shades

Color #5f55c2 mixed toward black.

#473dab

#393189

#2b2567

#1d1944

#0e0c22

Tints

Color #5f55c2 mixed toward white.

#7a71cc

#948ed6

#afaae1

#cac6eb

#e4e3f5

Tones

Color #5f55c2 mixed toward gray.

#665eb9

#6e67b0

#7570a7

#7d799e

#848295

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5baf · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5cab · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#5f9f9b · ΔE 36.3

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 26.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f55c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f55c2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f55c2 (#5f55c2) is rgb(95, 85, 194) in RGB.

No, #5f55c2 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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