#5c508e

Color #5c508e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.06 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5c508e

RGB

rgb(92, 80, 142)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 27.9%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 43.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 43.7%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(37.78, 20.16, -32.72)

LCH

lch(37.78, 38.43, 301.64)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.0984, 291.01)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 31.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#828e50

Analogous

#50638e

#5c508e

#7b508e

Triadic

#5c508e

#8e5c50

#508e5c

Split-complementary

#5c508e

#8e7b50

#638e50

Tetradic

#5c508e

#8e5082

#828e50

#508e5c

Square

#5c508e

#8e5063

#828e50

#508e7b

Shades

Color #5c508e mixed toward black.

#4d4376

#3d355f

#2e2847

#1f1b2f

#0f0d18

Tints

Color #5c508e mixed toward white.

#7265a8

#8f84ba

#aba3cb

#c7c2dc

#e3e0ee

Tones

Color #5c508e mixed toward gray.

#5f5589

#625a84

#655f7e

#696579

#6c6a74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.99:1

White text reads better on this background (7.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#575782 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#58597f · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#5b7876 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c508e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c508e]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5c508e (#5c508e) is rgb(92, 80, 142) in RGB.

No, #5c508e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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