#56609e

Color #56609e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.76 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#56609e

RGB

rgb(86, 96, 158)

HSL

hsl(231.7, 29.5%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.7, 45.6%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.6%, 39.2%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(42.48, 13.19, -34.95)

LCH

lch(42.48, 37.36, 290.68)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0989, 275.39)

HWB

hwb(231.7, 33.7%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e9456

Analogous

#56849e

#56609e

#70569e

Triadic

#56609e

#9e5660

#609e56

Split-complementary

#56609e

#9e7056

#849e56

Tetradic

#56609e

#94569e

#9e9456

#609e56

Square

#56609e

#9e5684

#9e9456

#569e70

Shades

Color #56609e mixed toward black.

#485084

#394069

#2b304f

#1d2035

#0e101a

Tints

Color #56609e mixed toward white.

#6f78b1

#8c93c0

#a9aed0

#c6c9e0

#e2e4ef

Tones

Color #56609e mixed toward gray.

#5c6498

#626992

#686d8c

#6e7186

#747680

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5b92 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#5a598f · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#578885 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 20.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #56609e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#56609e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#56609e (#56609e) is rgb(86, 96, 158) in RGB.

No, #56609e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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