#5f5fa7

Color #5f5fa7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5fa7

RGB

rgb(95, 95, 167)

HSL

hsl(240, 29%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 43.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.1%, 43.1%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(43.37, 18.93, -38.83)

LCH

lch(43.37, 43.2, 295.99)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.112, 281.8)

HWB

hwb(240, 37.3%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a75f

Analogous

#5f83a7

#5f5fa7

#835fa7

Triadic

#5f5fa7

#a75f5f

#5fa75f

Split-complementary

#5f5fa7

#a7835f

#83a75f

Tetradic

#5f5fa7

#a75fa7

#a7a75f

#5fa75f

Square

#5f5fa7

#a75f83

#a7a75f

#5fa783

Shades

Color #5f5fa7 mixed toward black.

#4e4e8d

#3e3e71

#2f2f55

#1f1f38

#10101c

Tints

Color #5f5fa7 mixed toward white.

#7a7ab6

#9494c4

#afafd3

#cacae2

#e4e4f0

Tones

Color #5f5fa7 mixed toward gray.

#6565a1

#6b6b9b

#717195

#77778f

#7d7d89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f99 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5f5f96 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#5f8e8b · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 22.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5fa7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5fa7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5f5fa7 (#5f5fa7) is rgb(95, 95, 167) in RGB.

No, #5f5fa7 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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