#5a5595

Color #5a5595

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.64 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5595

RGB

rgb(90, 85, 149)

HSL

hsl(244.7, 27.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.7, 43%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.6%, 43%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(39.31, 18.47, -34.55)

LCH

lch(39.31, 39.18, 298.13)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.101, 285.51)

HWB

hwb(244.7, 33.3%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#909555

Analogous

#557095

#5a5595

#7a5595

Triadic

#5a5595

#955a55

#55955a

Split-complementary

#5a5595

#957a55

#709555

Tetradic

#5a5595

#955590

#909555

#55955a

Square

#5a5595

#955570

#909555

#55957a

Shades

Color #5a5595 mixed toward black.

#4b477c

#3c3963

#2d2a4b

#1e1c32

#0f0e19

Tints

Color #5a5595 mixed toward white.

#716dac

#8e8abc

#aaa7cd

#c6c4de

#e3e2ee

Tones

Color #5a5595 mixed toward gray.

#5f5a90

#63608a

#686585

#6c6a80

#71707a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585889 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#585986 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#5a7e7c · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5595;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5595]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a5595 (#5a5595) is rgb(90, 85, 149) in RGB.

No, #5a5595 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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