#5a5c7b

Color #5a5c7b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.13 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5c7b

RGB

rgb(90, 92, 123)

HSL

hsl(236.4, 15.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.4, 26.8%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(40.01, 6.71, -17.68)

LCH

lch(40.01, 18.91, 290.78)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0497, 281.49)

HWB

hwb(236.4, 35.3%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b795a

Analogous

#5a6d7b

#5a5c7b

#695a7b

Triadic

#5a5c7b

#7b5a5c

#5c7b5a

Split-complementary

#5a5c7b

#7b695a

#6d7b5a

Tetradic

#5a5c7b

#795a7b

#7b795a

#5c7b5a

Square

#5a5c7b

#7b5a6d

#7b795a

#5a7b69

Shades

Color #5a5c7b mixed toward black.

#4b4d67

#3c3d52

#2d2e3e

#1e1f29

#0f0f15

Tints

Color #5a5c7b mixed toward white.

#707296

#8d8fab

#a9abc0

#c6c7d5

#e2e3ea

Tones

Color #5a5c7b mixed toward gray.

#5d5e78

#606176

#626373

#656670

#68686d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b74 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#5b5b73 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#5a6f6e · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 13.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5c7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5c7b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5a5c7b (#5a5c7b) is rgb(90, 92, 123) in RGB.

No, #5a5c7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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