#5b56ab

Color #5b56ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b56ab

RGB

rgb(91, 86, 171)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 33.6%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 49.7%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.8%, 49.7%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(40.93, 24.77, -45.1)

LCH

lch(40.93, 51.45, 298.78)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.1317, 283.21)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 33.7%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6ab56

Analogous

#567cab

#5b56ab

#8556ab

Triadic

#5b56ab

#ab5b56

#56ab5b

Split-complementary

#5b56ab

#ab8556

#7cab56

Tetradic

#5b56ab

#ab56a6

#a6ab56

#56ab5b

Square

#5b56ab

#ab567c

#a6ab56

#56ab85

Shades

Color #5b56ab mixed toward black.

#4b478f

#3c3972

#2d2b56

#1e1c39

#0f0e1d

Tints

Color #5b56ab mixed toward white.

#7672b9

#928ec7

#adabd5

#c8c7e3

#e4e3f1

Tones

Color #5b56ab mixed toward gray.

#615da4

#67649d

#6e6b96

#74728f

#7a7988

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59599c · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#595a98 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#5b8e8b · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b56ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b56ab]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b56ab (#5b56ab) is rgb(91, 86, 171) in RGB.

No, #5b56ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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