#534857

Color #534857

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.71 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#534857

RGB

rgb(83, 72, 87)

HSL

hsl(284, 9.4%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284, 17.2%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(32.17, 7.81, -7.17)

LCH

lch(32.17, 10.6, 317.45)

OKLCH

oklch(41.8%, 0.0283, 317)

HWB

hwb(284, 28.2%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4c5748

Analogous

#4c4857

#534857

#574854

Triadic

#534857

#575348

#485753

Split-complementary

#534857

#545748

#48574c

Tetradic

#534857

#57484c

#4c5748

#485753

Square

#534857

#574c48

#4c5748

#485457

Shades

Color #534857 mixed toward black.

#453c49

#37303a

#2a242c

#1c181d

#0e0c0f

Tints

Color #534857 mixed toward white.

#726377

#8f7f95

#ab9fb0

#c7bfca

#e3dfe5

Tones

Color #534857 mixed toward gray.

#524956

#524b55

#514c53

#514d52

#504e51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e54 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#4f5053 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#525150 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 10.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #534857;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#534857]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#534857 (#534857) is rgb(83, 72, 87) in RGB.

No, #534857 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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