#5a48ae

Color #5a48ae

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a48ae

RGB

rgb(90, 72, 174)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 41.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 58.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(37.6, 34.11, -52.24)

LCH

lch(37.6, 62.39, 303.14)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.1561, 287.02)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 28.2%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9cae48

Analogous

#4869ae

#5a48ae

#8d48ae

Triadic

#5a48ae

#ae5a48

#48ae5a

Split-complementary

#5a48ae

#ae8d48

#69ae48

Tetradic

#5a48ae

#ae489c

#9cae48

#48ae5a

Square

#5a48ae

#ae4869

#9cae48

#48ae8d

Shades

Color #5a48ae mixed toward black.

#4b3c91

#3c3074

#2d2457

#1e183a

#0f0c1d

Tints

Color #5a48ae mixed toward white.

#7363bf

#8f82cb

#aba2d8

#c7c1e5

#e3e0f2

Tones

Color #5a48ae mixed toward gray.

#5f50a5

#65599d

#6a6194

#706a8c

#757283

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.97:1

White text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53539d · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#545598 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#598d8a · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a48ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a48ae]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5a48ae (#5a48ae) is rgb(90, 72, 174) in RGB.

No, #5a48ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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