#5E60CE · near Slate Blue

#5E60CE (RGB 94, 96, 206) is a medium, highly saturated purple, closest to Slate Blue and near Iris and Royal Blue. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #5E60CE a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 55% lightness and 0.17 chroma at hue 279°.

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HEX#5E60CE

RGBrgb(94, 96, 206)

HSLhsl(239, 53%, 59%)

CMYK54, 53, 0, 19

CSS var--slate-blue

Contrast5.2:1 white · 4.04:1 black

Similar named colors

Slate Blue #6A5ACDIris #5A4FCFRoyal Blue #4169E1Denim #1560BDOcean #0077BE

How to use #5E60CE

White text passes WCAG AA on #5E60CE (5.2:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5E60CE with its analogous neighbors #5F98CE and #955FCE; for contrast use its complement #CECC5F as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--slate-blue: #5E60CE;

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Shades & tints

#131329#262652#383A7C#4B4DA5#5E60CE#7E80D8#9EA0E2#BFBFEB#DFDFF5

Color harmonies for #5E60CE

Complementary

#5E60CE#CECC5F

Analogous

#5E60CE#5F98CE#955FCE

Triadic

#5E60CE#CE5F61#61CE5F

Split complementary

#5E60CE#CE955F#98CE5F

Tetradic

#5E60CE#CE5F98#CECC5F#5FCE95