#5a5e97

Color #5a5e97

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.72 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5e97

RGB

rgb(90, 94, 151)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 25.3%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 40.4%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 37.7%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(41.86, 13.4, -31.72)

LCH

lch(41.86, 34.43, 292.9)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.0903, 279.57)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 35.3%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97935a

Analogous

#5a7d97

#5a5e97

#755a97

Triadic

#5a5e97

#975a5e

#5e975a

Split-complementary

#5a5e97

#97755a

#7d975a

Tetradic

#5a5e97

#935a97

#97935a

#5e975a

Square

#5a5e97

#975a7d

#97935a

#5a9775

Shades

Color #5a5e97 mixed toward black.

#4b4e7e

#3c3f65

#2d2f4c

#1e1f32

#0f1019

Tints

Color #5a5e97 mixed toward white.

#7376ab

#8f92bc

#abadcd

#c7c8de

#e3e4ee

Tones

Color #5a5e97 mixed toward gray.

#5f6292

#64678d

#696b88

#6e7083

#74747e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c8c · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#5c5b89 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#5a8280 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5e97]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5a5e97 (#5a5e97) is rgb(90, 94, 151) in RGB.

No, #5a5e97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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