#5b3ea5

Color #5b3ea5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b3ea5

RGB

rgb(91, 62, 165)

HSL

hsl(256.9, 45.4%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.9, 62.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(34.77, 37.61, -51.43)

LCH

lch(34.77, 63.71, 306.18)

OKLCH

oklch(45.4%, 0.1582, 291.81)

HWB

hwb(256.9, 24.3%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88a53e

Analogous

#3e54a5

#5b3ea5

#8e3ea5

Triadic

#5b3ea5

#a55b3e

#3ea55b

Split-complementary

#5b3ea5

#a58e3e

#54a53e

Tetradic

#5b3ea5

#a53e88

#88a53e

#3ea55b

Square

#5b3ea5

#a53e54

#88a53e

#3ea58e

Shades

Color #5b3ea5 mixed toward black.

#4c3489

#3d296e

#2d1f52

#1e1537

#0f0a1b

Tints

Color #5b3ea5 mixed toward white.

#7254bf

#8e76cb

#aa98d8

#c6bae5

#e3ddf2

Tones

Color #5b3ea5 mixed toward gray.

#5f479c

#624f94

#66588b

#6a6083

#6e697a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.68:1

White text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#505094 · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#525490 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#5a8581 · ΔE 33.5

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b3ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b3ea5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5b3ea5 (#5b3ea5) is rgb(91, 62, 165) in RGB.

No, #5b3ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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