#5d5b8a

Color #5d5b8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 21.28 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5d5b8a

RGB

rgb(93, 91, 138)

HSL

hsl(242.6, 20.5%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.6, 34.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(40.64, 12.41, -25.79)

LCH

lch(40.64, 28.62, 295.7)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.0744, 285.27)

HWB

hwb(242.6, 35.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#888a5b

Analogous

#5b708a

#5d5b8a

#755b8a

Triadic

#5d5b8a

#8a5d5b

#5b8a5d

Split-complementary

#5d5b8a

#8a755b

#708a5b

Tetradic

#5d5b8a

#8a5b88

#888a5b

#5b8a5d

Square

#5d5b8a

#8a5b70

#888a5b

#5b8a75

Shades

Color #5d5b8a mixed toward black.

#4e4c73

#3e3d5c

#2f2e45

#1f1e2e

#100f17

Tints

Color #5d5b8a mixed toward white.

#7472a2

#908eb5

#acaac7

#c7c7da

#e3e3ec

Tones

Color #5d5b8a mixed toward gray.

#615f86

#646382

#68677e

#6b6b7a

#6f6f76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c81 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#5c5c7e · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#5d7877 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 18.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d5b8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d5b8a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5d5b8a (#5d5b8a) is rgb(93, 91, 138) in RGB.

No, #5d5b8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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