#5f5b8a

Color #5f5b8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 21.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5b8a

RGB

rgb(95, 91, 138)

HSL

hsl(245.1, 20.5%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.1, 34.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(40.82, 13.03, -25.52)

LCH

lch(40.82, 28.65, 297.05)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.0743, 287.22)

HWB

hwb(245.1, 35.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868a5b

Analogous

#5b6f8a

#5f5b8a

#765b8a

Triadic

#5f5b8a

#8a5f5b

#5b8a5f

Split-complementary

#5f5b8a

#8a765b

#6f8a5b

Tetradic

#5f5b8a

#8a5b86

#868a5b

#5b8a5f

Square

#5f5b8a

#8a5b6f

#868a5b

#5b8a76

Shades

Color #5f5b8a mixed toward black.

#4f4c73

#3f3d5c

#302e45

#201e2e

#100f17

Tints

Color #5f5b8a mixed toward white.

#7672a2

#918eb5

#adaac7

#c8c7da

#e4e3ec

Tones

Color #5f5b8a mixed toward gray.

#625f86

#666382

#69677e

#6c6b7a

#6f6f76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.35:1

White text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d81 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5e7e · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#5f7877 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 18.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5b8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5b8a]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f5b8a (#5f5b8a) is rgb(95, 91, 138) in RGB.

No, #5f5b8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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