#5b5780

Color #5b5780

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 22.85 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5780

RGB

rgb(91, 87, 128)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 19.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 32%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.9%, 32%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(38.9, 11.52, -22.45)

LCH

lch(38.9, 25.23, 297.16)

OKLCH

oklch(47.8%, 0.0655, 288.16)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 34.1%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c8057

Analogous

#576880

#5b5780

#705780

Triadic

#5b5780

#805b57

#57805b

Split-complementary

#5b5780

#807057

#688057

Tetradic

#5b5780

#80577c

#7c8057

#57805b

Square

#5b5780

#805768

#7c8057

#578070

Shades

Color #5b5780 mixed toward black.

#4c496b

#3d3a55

#2e2c40

#1e1d2b

#0f0f15

Tints

Color #5b5780 mixed toward white.

#716d9c

#8e8ab0

#aaa7c3

#c6c4d7

#e3e2eb

Tones

Color #5b5780 mixed toward gray.

#5e5a7d

#615e79

#636176

#666572

#69686f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595978 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#5a5a76 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#5b716f · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5780;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5780]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b5780 (#5b5780) is rgb(91, 87, 128) in RGB.

No, #5b5780 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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