#5b5e90

Color #5b5e90

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.57 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5e90

RGB

rgb(91, 94, 144)

HSL

hsl(236.6, 22.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.6, 36.8%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 34.7%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(41.6, 11.63, -27.93)

LCH

lch(41.6, 30.25, 292.61)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0794, 280.45)

HWB

hwb(236.6, 35.7%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#908d5b

Analogous

#5b7990

#5b5e90

#735b90

Triadic

#5b5e90

#905b5e

#5e905b

Split-complementary

#5b5e90

#90735b

#79905b

Tetradic

#5b5e90

#8d5b90

#908d5b

#5e905b

Square

#5b5e90

#905b79

#908d5b

#5b9073

Shades

Color #5b5e90 mixed toward black.

#4c4e78

#3d3f60

#2d2f48

#1e1f30

#0f1018

Tints

Color #5b5e90 mixed toward white.

#7376a6

#8f91b8

#abadca

#c7c8dc

#e3e4ed

Tones

Color #5b5e90 mixed toward gray.

#5f628c

#646687

#686a83

#6d6e7e

#71727a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.45:1

White text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c86 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#5c5c83 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#5b7d7b · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5e90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5e90]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b5e90 (#5b5e90) is rgb(91, 94, 144) in RGB.

No, #5b5e90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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