#5b5373

Color #5b5373

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5373

RGB

rgb(91, 83, 115)

HSL

hsl(255, 16.2%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 27.8%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(37.2, 10.6, -17.06)

LCH

lch(37.2, 20.08, 301.85)

OKLCH

oklch(46.3%, 0.0521, 295.73)

HWB

hwb(255, 32.5%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b7353

Analogous

#535b73

#5b5373

#6b5373

Triadic

#5b5373

#735b53

#53735b

Split-complementary

#5b5373

#736b53

#5b7353

Tetradic

#5b5373

#73536b

#6b7353

#53735b

Square

#5b5373

#73535b

#6b7353

#53736b

Shades

Color #5b5373 mixed toward black.

#4c4560

#3d374d

#2d2939

#1e1c26

#0f0e13

Tints

Color #5b5373 mixed toward white.

#736991

#8f86a8

#aba4be

#c7c3d3

#e3e1e9

Tones

Color #5b5373 mixed toward gray.

#5c5670

#5e586e

#5f5b6b

#605e68

#626066

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.93:1

White text reads better on this background (7.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58586c · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#58596b · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#5b6765 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5373;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5373]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5b5373 (#5b5373) is rgb(91, 83, 115) in RGB.

No, #5b5373 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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