#5e5eeb

Color #5e5eeb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5e5eeb

RGB

rgb(94, 94, 235)

HSL

hsl(240, 77.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 60%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 60%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(47.47, 40.72, -71.41)

LCH

lch(47.47, 82.2, 299.69)

OKLCH

oklch(56.4%, 0.2071, 277.43)

HWB

hwb(240, 36.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebeb5e

Analogous

#5ea4eb

#5e5eeb

#a45eeb

Triadic

#5e5eeb

#eb5e5e

#5eeb5e

Split-complementary

#5e5eeb

#eba45e

#a4eb5e

Tetradic

#5e5eeb

#eb5eeb

#ebeb5e

#5eeb5e

Square

#5e5eeb

#eb5ea4

#ebeb5e

#5eeba4

Shades

Color #5e5eeb mixed toward black.

#2d2de5

#1818c3

#121292

#0c0c62

#060631

Tints

Color #5e5eeb mixed toward white.

#7979ee

#9494f2

#aeaef5

#c9c9f8

#e4e4fc

Tones

Color #5e5eeb mixed toward gray.

#6a6adf

#7575d3

#8181c8

#8d8dbc

#9999b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.28:1

White text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ed4 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5ece · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#5ebfba · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 28.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e5eeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e5eeb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5e5eeb (#5e5eeb) is rgb(94, 94, 235) in RGB.

No, #5e5eeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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