#5f5f85

Color #5f5f85

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.06 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5f85

RGB

rgb(95, 95, 133)

HSL

hsl(240, 16.7%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 28.6%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(41.71, 9.18, -21.11)

LCH

lch(41.71, 23.02, 293.5)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0602, 284.04)

HWB

hwb(240, 37.3%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85855f

Analogous

#5f7285

#5f5f85

#725f85

Triadic

#5f5f85

#855f5f

#5f855f

Split-complementary

#5f5f85

#85725f

#72855f

Tetradic

#5f5f85

#855f85

#85855f

#5f855f

Square

#5f5f85

#855f72

#85855f

#5f8572

Shades

Color #5f5f85 mixed toward black.

#4f4f6f

#3f3f59

#2f2f43

#20202c

#101016

Tints

Color #5f5f85 mixed toward white.

#76769d

#9191b1

#adadc4

#c8c8d8

#e4e4eb

Tones

Color #5f5f85 mixed toward gray.

#626282

#65657f

#68687c

#6c6c78

#6f6f75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f7d · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#5f5f7b · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#5f7675 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5f85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5f85]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5f5f85 (#5f5f85) is rgb(95, 95, 133) in RGB.

No, #5f5f85 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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