#5f597b

Color #5f597b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.72 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5f597b

RGB

rgb(95, 89, 123)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 16%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 27.6%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(39.59, 10.27, -18.28)

LCH

lch(39.59, 20.97, 299.33)

OKLCH

oklch(48.3%, 0.0544, 292.37)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 34.9%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757b59

Analogous

#59647b

#5f597b

#70597b

Triadic

#5f597b

#7b5f59

#597b5f

Split-complementary

#5f597b

#7b7059

#647b59

Tetradic

#5f597b

#7b5975

#757b59

#597b5f

Square

#5f597b

#7b5964

#757b59

#597b70

Shades

Color #5f597b mixed toward black.

#4f4a67

#3f3b52

#302d3e

#201e29

#100f15

Tints

Color #5f597b mixed toward white.

#766f97

#918cac

#ada9c0

#c8c5d5

#e4e2ea

Tones

Color #5f597b mixed toward gray.

#615c78

#635f75

#656273

#666470

#68676d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.2:1

White text reads better on this background (6.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c74 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#5d5d72 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#5f6e6c · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f597b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f597b]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5f597b (#5f597b) is rgb(95, 89, 123) in RGB.

No, #5f597b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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