#5a00ee

Color #5a00ee

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 14.07 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 2.7

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#5a00ee

RGB

rgb(90, 0, 238)

HSL

hsl(262.7, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.7, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.2%, 100%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(34.69, 77.12, -94.15)

LCH

lch(34.69, 121.7, 309.32)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.2792, 283.76)

HWB

hwb(262.7, 0%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94ee00

Analogous

#001dee

#5a00ee

#d100ee

Triadic

#5a00ee

#ee5a00

#00ee5a

Split-complementary

#5a00ee

#eed100

#1dee00

Tetradic

#5a00ee

#ee0094

#94ee00

#00ee5a

Square

#5a00ee

#ee001d

#94ee00

#00eed1

Shades

Color #5a00ee mixed toward black.

#4b00c6

#3c009f

#2d0077

#1e004f

#0f0028

Tints

Color #5a00ee mixed toward white.

#721cff

#8e4aff

#ab77ff

#c7a4ff

#e3d2ff

Tones

Color #5a00ee mixed toward gray.

#5f14da

#6428c6

#693cb3

#6d4f9f

#72638b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4444d3 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#474ccb · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#58b9b3 · ΔE 51.4

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 32.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a00ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a00ee]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#5a00ee (#5a00ee) is rgb(90, 0, 238) in RGB.

No, #5a00ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #5a00ee, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast