#5f5ee8

Color #5f5ee8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5ee8

RGB

rgb(95, 94, 232)

HSL

hsl(240.4, 75%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240.4, 59.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(47.32, 39.93, -69.97)

LCH

lch(47.32, 80.56, 299.71)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.2031, 277.95)

HWB

hwb(240.4, 36.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7e85e

Analogous

#5ea2e8

#5f5ee8

#a45ee8

Triadic

#5f5ee8

#e85f5e

#5ee85f

Split-complementary

#5f5ee8

#e8a45e

#a2e85e

Tetradic

#5f5ee8

#e85ee7

#e7e85e

#5ee85f

Square

#5f5ee8

#e85ea2

#e7e85e

#5ee8a4

Shades

Color #5f5ee8 mixed toward black.

#302ee1

#1c1bbe

#15148f

#0e0e5f

#070730

Tints

Color #5f5ee8 mixed toward white.

#7a79ec

#9494f0

#afaef3

#cac9f7

#e4e4fb

Tones

Color #5f5ee8 mixed toward gray.

#6a69dc

#7675d1

#8180c5

#8c8cba

#9897ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.25:1

White text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5fd1 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5f5fcb · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#5fbdb8 · ΔE 40.9

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 28.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5ee8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5ee8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5f5ee8 (#5f5ee8) is rgb(95, 94, 232) in RGB.

No, #5f5ee8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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