#5f538f

Color #5f538f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.83 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5f538f

RGB

rgb(95, 83, 143)

HSL

hsl(252, 26.5%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252, 42%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 42%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(38.9, 19.43, -31.54)

LCH

lch(38.9, 37.04, 301.63)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0951, 291.6)

HWB

hwb(252, 32.5%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838f53

Analogous

#53658f

#5f538f

#7d538f

Triadic

#5f538f

#8f5f53

#538f5f

Split-complementary

#5f538f

#8f7d53

#658f53

Tetradic

#5f538f

#8f5383

#838f53

#538f5f

Square

#5f538f

#8f5365

#838f53

#538f7d

Shades

Color #5f538f mixed toward black.

#4f4577

#3f375f

#302a47

#201c30

#100e18

Tints

Color #5f538f mixed toward white.

#7669a8

#9187b9

#ada5cb

#c8c3dc

#e4e1ee

Tones

Color #5f538f mixed toward gray.

#62588a

#655d85

#686280

#6b677b

#6e6c76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a84 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5c81 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#5e7a77 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f538f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f538f]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5f538f (#5f538f) is rgb(95, 83, 143) in RGB.

No, #5f538f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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