#5f56aa

Color #5f56aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#5f56aa

RGB

rgb(95, 86, 170)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 33.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 49.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 49.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(41.2, 25.44, -44.06)

LCH

lch(41.2, 50.88, 300)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.1298, 285.6)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 33.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1aa56

Analogous

#5677aa

#5f56aa

#8956aa

Triadic

#5f56aa

#aa5f56

#56aa5f

Split-complementary

#5f56aa

#aa8956

#77aa56

Tetradic

#5f56aa

#aa56a1

#a1aa56

#56aa5f

Square

#5f56aa

#aa5677

#a1aa56

#56aa89

Shades

Color #5f56aa mixed toward black.

#4f478e

#3f3972

#2f2b55

#201d39

#100e1c

Tints

Color #5f56aa mixed toward white.

#7a72b8

#948ec6

#afaad5

#cac7e3

#e4e3f1

Tones

Color #5f56aa mixed toward gray.

#645da3

#6a649c

#6f6b95

#75728e

#7a7987

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b9b · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#5c5c97 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#5f8d8a · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f56aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f56aa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f56aa (#5f56aa) is rgb(95, 86, 170) in RGB.

No, #5f56aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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