#5f537e

Color #5f537e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.73 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f537e

RGB

rgb(95, 83, 126)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 20.6%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 34.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(38.07, 14.81, -22.48)

LCH

lch(38.07, 26.92, 303.38)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.0695, 296.49)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 32.5%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#727e53

Analogous

#535d7e

#5f537e

#75537e

Triadic

#5f537e

#7e5f53

#537e5f

Split-complementary

#5f537e

#7e7553

#5d7e53

Tetradic

#5f537e

#7e5372

#727e53

#537e5f

Square

#5f537e

#7e535d

#727e53

#537e75

Shades

Color #5f537e mixed toward black.

#4f4569

#3f3754

#302a3f

#201c2a

#100e15

Tints

Color #5f537e mixed toward white.

#76689b

#9286af

#ada4c3

#c8c3d7

#e4e1eb

Tones

Color #5f537e mixed toward gray.

#61577a

#625a77

#645e73

#656170

#67656c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.03:1

White text reads better on this background (6.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a75 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#5b5c73 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#5e6e6c · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f537e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f537e]

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

#5f537e (#5f537e) is rgb(95, 83, 126) in RGB.

No, #5f537e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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