#5a218c

Color #5a218c

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5a218c

RGB

rgb(90, 33, 140)

HSL

hsl(272, 61.8%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272, 76.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(27.17, 45.9, -48.52)

LCH

lch(27.17, 66.79, 313.41)

OKLCH

oklch(39.3%, 0.1662, 303.74)

HWB

hwb(272, 12.9%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#538c21

Analogous

#25218c

#5a218c

#8c2188

Triadic

#5a218c

#8c5a21

#218c5a

Split-complementary

#5a218c

#888c21

#218c25

Tetradic

#5a218c

#8c2153

#538c21

#218c5a

Square

#5a218c

#8c2521

#538c21

#21888c

Shades

Color #5a218c mixed toward black.

#4b1c75

#3c165d

#2d1146

#1e0b2f

#0f0617

Tints

Color #5a218c mixed toward white.

#772cb9

#9349d4

#ae77df

#c9a4ea

#e4d2f4

Tones

Color #5a218c mixed toward gray.

#592a83

#59337a

#583c71

#584568

#574e5f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.03:1

White text reads better on this background (10.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48477c · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#4b4e78 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#586e6a · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a218c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a218c]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#5a218c (#5a218c) is rgb(90, 33, 140) in RGB.

No, #5a218c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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