#5f5bce

Color #5f5bce

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 3.04 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5bce

RGB

rgb(95, 91, 206)

HSL

hsl(242.1, 54%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.1, 55.8%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.9%, 55.8%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(44.76, 33.49, -59.32)

LCH

lch(44.76, 68.12, 299.45)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.1726, 280.41)

HWB

hwb(242.1, 35.7%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cace5b

Analogous

#5b90ce

#5f5bce

#985bce

Triadic

#5f5bce

#ce5f5b

#5bce5f

Split-complementary

#5f5bce

#ce985b

#90ce5b

Tetradic

#5f5bce

#ce5bca

#cace5b

#5bce5f

Square

#5f5bce

#ce5b90

#cace5b

#5bce98

Shades

Color #5f5bce mixed toward black.

#3e39be

#312e98

#252272

#19174c

#0c0b26

Tints

Color #5f5bce mixed toward white.

#7a76d6

#9492de

#afade6

#cac8ef

#e4e4f7

Tones

Color #5f5bce mixed toward gray.

#6864c4

#716ebb

#7a78b1

#8381a8

#8b8b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5dba · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#5e5eb5 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#5fa9a4 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 27

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5bce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5bce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5f5bce (#5f5bce) is rgb(95, 91, 206) in RGB.

No, #5f5bce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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