#605a8a

Color #605a8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 22.51 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#605a8a

RGB

rgb(96, 90, 138)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 21.1%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 34.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.4%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(40.63, 13.97, -25.8)

LCH

lch(40.63, 29.34, 298.43)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.076, 289.06)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 35.3%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#848a5a

Analogous

#5a6c8a

#605a8a

#785a8a

Triadic

#605a8a

#8a605a

#5a8a60

Split-complementary

#605a8a

#8a785a

#6c8a5a

Tetradic

#605a8a

#8a5a84

#848a5a

#5a8a60

Square

#605a8a

#8a5a6c

#848a5a

#5a8a78

Shades

Color #605a8a mixed toward black.

#504b73

#403c5c

#302d45

#201e2e

#100f17

Tints

Color #605a8a mixed toward white.

#7771a2

#928db5

#adaac7

#c9c6da

#e4e3ec

Tones

Color #605a8a mixed toward gray.

#635e86

#666282

#69667e

#6c6a7a

#6f6e76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d80 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#5e5e7e · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#607876 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #605a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#605a8a]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#605a8a (#605a8a) is rgb(96, 90, 138) in RGB.

No, #605a8a 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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