#5757ad

Color #5757ad

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5757ad

RGB

rgb(87, 87, 173)

HSL

hsl(240, 34.4%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 49.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 49.7%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(40.99, 23.82, -46.2)

LCH

lch(40.99, 51.98, 297.27)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.1337, 280.43)

HWB

hwb(240, 34.1%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adad57

Analogous

#5782ad

#5757ad

#8257ad

Triadic

#5757ad

#ad5757

#57ad57

Split-complementary

#5757ad

#ad8257

#82ad57

Tetradic

#5757ad

#ad57ad

#adad57

#57ad57

Square

#5757ad

#ad5782

#adad57

#57ad82

Shades

Color #5757ad mixed toward black.

#474792

#393975

#2b2b57

#1c1c3a

#0e0e1d

Tints

Color #5757ad mixed toward white.

#7373bb

#8f8fc8

#ababd6

#c7c7e4

#e3e3f1

Tones

Color #5757ad mixed toward gray.

#5e5ea6

#65659f

#6d6d98

#747490

#7b7b89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#57579e · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#57579a · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#57908d · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5757ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5757ad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5757ad (#5757ad) is rgb(87, 87, 173) in RGB.

No, #5757ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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