#5e5584

Color #5e5584

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 21.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5584

RGB

rgb(94, 85, 132)

HSL

hsl(251.5, 21.7%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.5, 35.6%, 51.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 35.6%, 0%, 48.2%)

LAB

lab(38.8, 14.83, -25.02)

LCH

lch(38.8, 29.08, 300.66)

OKLCH

oklch(47.8%, 0.0751, 292.13)

HWB

hwb(251.5, 33.3%, 48.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b8455

Analogous

#556384

#5e5584

#755584

Triadic

#5e5584

#845e55

#55845e

Split-complementary

#5e5584

#847555

#638455

Tetradic

#5e5584

#84557b

#7b8455

#55845e

Square

#5e5584

#845563

#7b8455

#558475

Shades

Color #5e5584 mixed toward black.

#4e476e

#3f3958

#2f2a42

#1f1c2c

#100e16

Tints

Color #5e5584 mixed toward white.

#746a9f

#9088b2

#aca6c6

#c8c4d9

#e3e1ec

Tones

Color #5e5584 mixed toward gray.

#605980

#635d7c

#656178

#686574

#6a6870

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.11:1

White text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a7b · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#5b5b78 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#5e7371 · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5584;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5584]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5e5584 (#5e5584) is rgb(94, 85, 132) in RGB.

No, #5e5584 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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