#5a488a

Color #5a488a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a488a

RGB

rgb(90, 72, 138)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 31.4%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 47.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.8%, 47.8%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(35.29, 23.48, -34.24)

LCH

lch(35.29, 41.52, 304.44)

OKLCH

oklch(45.2%, 0.1058, 294.34)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 28.2%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#788a48

Analogous

#48578a

#5a488a

#7b488a

Triadic

#5a488a

#8a5a48

#488a5a

Split-complementary

#5a488a

#8a7b48

#578a48

Tetradic

#5a488a

#8a4878

#788a48

#488a5a

Square

#5a488a

#8a4857

#788a48

#488a7b

Shades

Color #5a488a mixed toward black.

#4b3c73

#3c305c

#2d2445

#1e182e

#0f0c17

Tints

Color #5a488a mixed toward white.

#705ba9

#8d7cba

#a99ccc

#c6bddd

#e2deee

Tones

Color #5a488a mixed toward gray.

#5d4e85

#5f537f

#62597a

#645e74

#67646f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.73:1

White text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53537e · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#54557b · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#597371 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a488a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a488a]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5a488a (#5a488a) is rgb(90, 72, 138) in RGB.

No, #5a488a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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