#5f5c78

Color #5f5c78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.59 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5c78

RGB

rgb(95, 92, 120)

HSL

hsl(246.4, 13.2%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.4, 23.3%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(40.32, 7.64, -15.34)

LCH

lch(40.32, 17.14, 296.48)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.0446, 289.53)

HWB

hwb(246.4, 36.1%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75785c

Analogous

#5c6778

#5f5c78

#6d5c78

Triadic

#5f5c78

#785f5c

#5c785f

Split-complementary

#5f5c78

#786d5c

#67785c

Tetradic

#5f5c78

#785c75

#75785c

#5c785f

Square

#5f5c78

#785c67

#75785c

#5c786d

Shades

Color #5f5c78 mixed toward black.

#4f4d64

#3f3d50

#302e3c

#201f28

#100f14

Tints

Color #5f5c78 mixed toward white.

#767393

#918fa9

#adabbe

#c8c7d4

#e4e3e9

Tones

Color #5f5c78 mixed toward gray.

#615e76

#636173

#656371

#66656f

#68686c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e72 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#5e5e71 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#5f6d6c · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 13.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5c78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5c78]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f5c78 (#5f5c78) is rgb(95, 92, 120) in RGB.

No, #5f5c78 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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