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#5E61BA

#5e61ba ≈ Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e61ba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 38.04% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.46% cyan, 47.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 238.04°, with 40% saturation and 54.9% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Slate Blue (#6a5acd), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1447

Complementary

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #bab75e

Split complementary

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #ba895e
  3. #8fba5e

Analogous

  1. #5e8fba
  2. #5e61ba
  3. #895eba

Triadic

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #ba5e61
  3. #61ba5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #b75eba
  3. #bab75e
  4. #61ba5e

Square

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #ba5e8f
  3. #bab75e
  4. #5eba89

Monochromatic

  1. #262859
  2. #3d408e
  3. #5e61ba
  4. #9496d1
  5. #c9cae8

Shades

#5e61ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #5557a7
  3. #4b4e95
  4. #424482
  5. #383a70
  6. #2f315d
  7. #26274a
  8. #1c1d38
  9. #131325
  10. #090a13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e61ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #6e71c1
  3. #7e81c8
  4. #8e90cf
  5. #9ea0d6
  6. #afb0dd
  7. #bfc0e3
  8. #cfd0ea
  9. #dfdff1
  10. #efeff8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e61ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e61ba
  2. #6164b4
  3. #6567ae
  4. #686aa9
  5. #6c6da3
  6. #6f719d
  7. #727497
  8. #767791
  9. #797a8c
  10. #7d7d86
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #666791 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3a6ebd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3267b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3b7484 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b69bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4865b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b6d9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e61ba {
  color: #5e61ba;
}
Background
.bg-5e61ba {
  background-color: #5e61ba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5e61ba {
  border: 2px solid #5e61ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e61ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 97 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 40% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e61ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e61ba, #895eba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e61ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 97 186 / 0.35);
}

#6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 4.65 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 6.54 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.28 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.56 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.67 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.34 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 9.40 #a19e45 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Slate Blue
#5e61ba  rgb(94, 97, 186)  hsl(238, 40%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#bab75e  rgb(186, 183, 94)  hsl(58, 40%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#ba5e61  rgb(186, 94, 97)  hsl(358, 40%, 55%)  Indian Red
#61ba5e  rgb(97, 186, 94)  hsl(118, 40%, 55%)  Mantis