#605a79

Color #605a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 18.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#605a79

RGB

rgb(96, 90, 121)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 14.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 25.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(39.88, 9.48, -16.61)

LCH

lch(39.88, 19.12, 299.72)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0497, 293.37)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 35.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#73795a

Analogous

#5a6479

#605a79

#705a79

Triadic

#605a79

#79605a

#5a7960

Split-complementary

#605a79

#79705a

#64795a

Tetradic

#605a79

#795a73

#73795a

#5a7960

Square

#605a79

#795a64

#73795a

#5a7970

Shades

Color #605a79 mixed toward black.

#504b65

#403c51

#302d3d

#201e28

#100f14

Tints

Color #605a79 mixed toward white.

#777095

#928daa

#aea9bf

#c9c6d5

#e4e2ea

Tones

Color #605a79 mixed toward gray.

#625d77

#635f74

#656271

#66646f

#68676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d72 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#5e5e71 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#606d6c · ΔE 19.2

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #605a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#605a79]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#605a79 (#605a79) is rgb(96, 90, 121) in RGB.

No, #605a79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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