#5f5b75

Color #5f5b75

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5b75

RGB

rgb(95, 91, 117)

HSL

hsl(249.2, 12.5%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.2, 22.2%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(39.91, 7.51, -14.12)

LCH

lch(39.91, 15.99, 298.01)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0416, 291.75)

HWB

hwb(249.2, 35.7%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#71755b

Analogous

#5b6475

#5f5b75

#6c5b75

Triadic

#5f5b75

#755f5b

#5b755f

Split-complementary

#5f5b75

#756c5b

#64755b

Tetradic

#5f5b75

#755b71

#71755b

#5b755f

Square

#5f5b75

#755b64

#71755b

#5b756c

Shades

Color #5f5b75 mixed toward black.

#4f4c62

#3f3d4e

#302e3b

#201e27

#100f14

Tints

Color #5f5b75 mixed toward white.

#767191

#928ea7

#adaabd

#c8c6d3

#e4e3e9

Tones

Color #5f5b75 mixed toward gray.

#615d73

#625f71

#64626f

#65646c

#67666a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d6f · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#5e5e6e · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#5f6b6a · ΔE 17.2

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5b75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5b75]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f5b75 (#5f5b75) is rgb(95, 91, 117) in RGB.

No, #5f5b75 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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