#5a5397

Color #5a5397

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5397

RGB

rgb(90, 83, 151)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 29.1%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 45%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 45%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(38.89, 20.33, -36.42)

LCH

lch(38.89, 41.71, 299.17)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.1071, 286.32)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 32.5%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909753

Analogous

#536e97

#5a5397

#7c5397

Triadic

#5a5397

#975a53

#53975a

Split-complementary

#5a5397

#977c53

#6e9753

Tetradic

#5a5397

#975390

#909753

#53975a

Square

#5a5397

#97536e

#909753

#53977c

Shades

Color #5a5397 mixed toward black.

#4b457e

#3c3765

#2d294c

#1e1c32

#0f0e19

Tints

Color #5a5397 mixed toward white.

#716bad

#8e88be

#aaa6ce

#c6c4de

#e3e1ef

Tones

Color #5a5397 mixed toward gray.

#5f5991

#635e8c

#686486

#6c6a80

#716f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#57578a · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#575887 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#5a7f7d · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5397]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a5397 (#5a5397) is rgb(90, 83, 151) in RGB.

No, #5a5397 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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