#5b587f

Color #5b587f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 21.67 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b587f

RGB

rgb(91, 88, 127)

HSL

hsl(244.6, 18.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.6, 30.7%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(39.13, 10.62, -21.47)

LCH

lch(39.13, 23.95, 296.32)

OKLCH

oklch(47.9%, 0.0623, 287.27)

HWB

hwb(244.6, 34.5%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c7f58

Analogous

#58697f

#5b587f

#6f587f

Triadic

#5b587f

#7f5b58

#587f5b

Split-complementary

#5b587f

#7f6f58

#697f58

Tetradic

#5b587f

#7f587c

#7c7f58

#587f5b

Square

#5b587f

#7f5869

#7c7f58

#587f6f

Shades

Color #5b587f mixed toward black.

#4c496a

#3d3b55

#2e2c40

#1e1d2a

#0f0f15

Tints

Color #5b587f mixed toward white.

#716e9a

#8e8baf

#aaa8c3

#c6c5d7

#e3e2eb

Tones

Color #5b587f mixed toward gray.

#5e5b7c

#615f79

#636275

#666572

#69686f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.15:1

White text reads better on this background (6.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a77 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#5a5a75 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#5b706f · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b587f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b587f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b587f (#5b587f) is rgb(91, 88, 127) in RGB.

No, #5b587f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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