#5a5aff

Color #5a5aff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 18.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5aff

RGB

rgb(90, 90, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(47.88, 48.86, -81.93)

LCH

lch(47.88, 95.39, 300.81)

OKLCH

oklch(57.1%, 0.2376, 275.82)

HWB

hwb(240, 35.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff5a

Analogous

#5aacff

#5a5aff

#ac5aff

Triadic

#5a5aff

#ff5a5a

#5aff5a

Split-complementary

#5a5aff

#ffac5a

#acff5a

Tetradic

#5a5aff

#ff5aff

#ffff5a

#5aff5a

Square

#5a5aff

#ff5aac

#ffff5a

#5affac

Shades

Color #5a5aff mixed toward black.

#2020ff

#0000e6

#0000ac

#000073

#000039

Tints

Color #5a5aff mixed toward white.

#7575ff

#9191ff

#acacff

#c8c8ff

#e3e3ff

Tones

Color #5a5aff mixed toward gray.

#6868f1

#7575e3

#8383d6

#9191c8

#9f9fba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5ae5 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#5a5ade · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#5acdc7 · ΔE 44.7

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5aff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5aff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5a5aff (#5a5aff) is rgb(90, 90, 255) in RGB.

No, #5a5aff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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