#5e5870

Color #5e5870

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.9 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5870

RGB

rgb(94, 88, 112)

HSL

hsl(255, 12%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 21.4%, 43.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 56.1%)

LAB

lab(38.78, 7.78, -12.78)

LCH

lch(38.78, 14.96, 301.33)

OKLCH

oklch(47.5%, 0.0388, 296.3)

HWB

hwb(255, 34.5%, 56.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a7058

Analogous

#585e70

#5e5870

#6a5870

Triadic

#5e5870

#705e58

#58705e

Split-complementary

#5e5870

#706a58

#5e7058

Tetradic

#5e5870

#70586a

#6a7058

#58705e

Square

#5e5870

#70585e

#6a7058

#58706a

Shades

Color #5e5870 mixed toward black.

#4e495d

#3f3b4b

#2f2c38

#1f1d25

#100f13

Tints

Color #5e5870 mixed toward white.

#766f8d

#918ba4

#ada8bb

#c8c5d2

#e4e2e8

Tones

Color #5e5870 mixed toward gray.

#5f5a6e

#605c6c

#615e6a

#626068

#636266

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

#5b5b6b · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#5c5c6a · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#5e6665 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5870;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5870]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5e5870 (#5e5870) is rgb(94, 88, 112) in RGB.

No, #5e5870 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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