#534e55

Color #534e55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#534e55

RGB

rgb(83, 78, 85)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 4.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 8.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(33.87, 3.55, -3.37)

LCH

lch(33.87, 4.89, 316.49)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.013, 316.25)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 30.6%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50554e

Analogous

#504e55

#534e55

#554e54

Triadic

#534e55

#55534e

#4e5553

Split-complementary

#534e55

#54554e

#4e5550

Tetradic

#534e55

#554e50

#50554e

#4e5553

Square

#534e55

#55504e

#50554e

#4e5455

Shades

Color #534e55 mixed toward black.

#454147

#373439

#2a272b

#1c1a1c

#0e0d0e

Tints

Color #534e55 mixed toward white.

#716a73

#8e8690

#aaa5ac

#c6c3c8

#e3e1e3

Tones

Color #534e55 mixed toward gray.

#534f55

#534f54

#525053

#525152

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.59:1

White text reads better on this background (8.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515153 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#515253 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#535252 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 5.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #534e55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#534e55]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#534e55 (#534e55) is rgb(83, 78, 85) in RGB.

No, #534e55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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