#5e527e

Color #5e527e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e527e

RGB

rgb(94, 82, 126)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 21.2%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 34.9%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(37.7, 15.11, -23.06)

LCH

lch(37.7, 27.57, 303.23)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.0712, 296.1)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 32.2%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727e52

Analogous

#525c7e

#5e527e

#74527e

Triadic

#5e527e

#7e5e52

#527e5e

Split-complementary

#5e527e

#7e7452

#5c7e52

Tetradic

#5e527e

#7e5272

#727e52

#527e5e

Square

#5e527e

#7e525c

#727e52

#527e74

Shades

Color #5e527e mixed toward black.

#4e4469

#3f3754

#2f293f

#1f1b2a

#100e15

Tints

Color #5e527e mixed toward white.

#75679c

#9185b0

#aca4c4

#c8c2d7

#e3e1eb

Tones

Color #5e527e mixed toward gray.

#60567a

#615977

#635d73

#65616f

#66646c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.98:1

White text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595975 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#5a5b73 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#5d6e6c · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e527e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e527e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5e527e (#5e527e) is rgb(94, 82, 126) in RGB.

No, #5e527e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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