#5f5cb0

Color #5f5cb0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.76 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5cb0

RGB

rgb(95, 92, 176)

HSL

hsl(242.1, 34.7%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.1, 47.7%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(46%, 47.7%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(43.09, 23.53, -44.57)

LCH

lch(43.09, 50.4, 297.83)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.1296, 282.52)

HWB

hwb(242.1, 36.1%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb05c

Analogous

#5c83b0

#5f5cb0

#895cb0

Triadic

#5f5cb0

#b05f5c

#5cb05f

Split-complementary

#5f5cb0

#b0895c

#83b05c

Tetradic

#5f5cb0

#b05cad

#adb05c

#5cb05f

Square

#5f5cb0

#b05c83

#adb05c

#5cb089

Shades

Color #5f5cb0 mixed toward black.

#4c4996

#3c3a78

#2d2c5a

#1e1d3c

#0f0f1e

Tints

Color #5f5cb0 mixed toward white.

#7977bd

#9492ca

#afadd7

#cac9e5

#e4e4f2

Tones

Color #5f5cb0 mixed toward gray.

#6563a9

#6c6aa2

#72719b

#797894

#7f7f8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.64:1

White text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ea1 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#5e5e9d · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#5f9390 · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5cb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5cb0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5f5cb0 (#5f5cb0) is rgb(95, 92, 176) in RGB.

No, #5f5cb0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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