#605b79

Color #605b79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#605b79

RGB

rgb(96, 91, 121)

HSL

hsl(250, 14.2%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 24.8%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(40.16, 8.86, -16.18)

LCH

lch(40.16, 18.45, 298.7)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.0479, 292.22)

HWB

hwb(250, 35.7%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74795b

Analogous

#5b6579

#605b79

#6f5b79

Triadic

#605b79

#79605b

#5b7960

Split-complementary

#605b79

#796f5b

#65795b

Tetradic

#605b79

#795b74

#74795b

#5b7960

Square

#605b79

#795b65

#74795b

#5b796f

Shades

Color #605b79 mixed toward black.

#504c65

#403d51

#302e3d

#201e28

#100f14

Tints

Color #605b79 mixed toward white.

#777195

#928eaa

#adaabf

#c9c6d4

#e4e3ea

Tones

Color #605b79 mixed toward gray.

#625e77

#636074

#656372

#67656f

#68686d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e73 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#5e5f71 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#606d6c · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #605b79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#605b79]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#605b79 (#605b79) is rgb(96, 91, 121) in RGB.

No, #605b79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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