#5515bd

Color #5515bd

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 14.9 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5515bd

RGB

rgb(85, 21, 189)

HSL

hsl(262.9, 80%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.9, 88.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55%, 88.9%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(29.77, 61.64, -73.97)

LCH

lch(29.77, 96.29, 309.8)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.2258, 289.53)

HWB

hwb(262.9, 8.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7dbd15

Analogous

#1529bd

#5515bd

#a915bd

Triadic

#5515bd

#bd5515

#15bd55

Split-complementary

#5515bd

#bda915

#29bd15

Tetradic

#5515bd

#bd157d

#7dbd15

#15bd55

Square

#5515bd

#bd1529

#7dbd15

#15bda9

Shades

Color #5515bd mixed toward black.

#47129e

#390e7e

#2b0b5f

#1c073f

#0e0420

Tints

Color #5515bd mixed toward white.

#6a1ee6

#884beb

#a678f0

#c4a5f5

#e1d2fa

Tones

Color #5515bd mixed toward gray.

#5823af

#5c31a1

#5f3f93

#624d85

#665b77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4242a7 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#4549a1 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#53938e · ΔE 42.3

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 30.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5515bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5515bd]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#5515bd (#5515bd) is rgb(85, 21, 189) in RGB.

No, #5515bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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