#5f5f8e

Color #5f5f8e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.85 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5f5f8e

RGB

rgb(95, 95, 142)

HSL

hsl(240, 19.8%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 33.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(42.11, 11.65, -25.91)

LCH

lch(42.11, 28.41, 294.21)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.0741, 283.42)

HWB

hwb(240, 37.3%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8e5f

Analogous

#5f778e

#5f5f8e

#775f8e

Triadic

#5f5f8e

#8e5f5f

#5f8e5f

Split-complementary

#5f5f8e

#8e775f

#778e5f

Tetradic

#5f5f8e

#8e5f8e

#8e8e5f

#5f8e5f

Square

#5f5f8e

#8e5f77

#8e8e5f

#5f8e77

Shades

Color #5f5f8e mixed toward black.

#4f4f76

#3f3f5f

#303047

#20202f

#101018

Tints

Color #5f5f8e mixed toward white.

#7777a4

#9292b6

#adadc8

#c9c9db

#e4e4ed

Tones

Color #5f5f8e mixed toward gray.

#63638a

#676786

#6b6b82

#6f6f7e

#73737a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.51:1

White text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f85 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#5f5f82 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#5f7c7b · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f5f8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f5f8e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5f5f8e (#5f5f8e) is rgb(95, 95, 142) in RGB.

No, #5f5f8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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