#5e5ca1

Color #5e5ca1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.34 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5ca1

RGB

rgb(94, 92, 161)

HSL

hsl(241.7, 27.3%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.7, 42.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(42.16, 18.74, -37.19)

LCH

lch(42.16, 41.64, 296.74)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.1077, 283.2)

HWB

hwb(241.7, 36.1%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fa15c

Analogous

#5c7da1

#5e5ca1

#805ca1

Triadic

#5e5ca1

#a15e5c

#5ca15e

Split-complementary

#5e5ca1

#a1805c

#7da15c

Tetradic

#5e5ca1

#a15c9f

#9fa15c

#5ca15e

Square

#5e5ca1

#a15c7d

#9fa15c

#5ca180

Shades

Color #5e5ca1 mixed toward black.

#4e4d86

#3f3d6b

#2f2e51

#1f1f36

#100f1b

Tints

Color #5e5ca1 mixed toward white.

#7877b1

#9392c1

#aeadd0

#c9c8e0

#e4e4ef

Tones

Color #5e5ca1 mixed toward gray.

#63629b

#696795

#6e6d90

#74738a

#797984

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d94 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5d5d91 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#5e8986 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5ca1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5ca1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5e5ca1 (#5e5ca1) is rgb(94, 92, 161) in RGB.

No, #5e5ca1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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