#5a2572

Color #5a2572

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.95 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a2572

RGB

rgb(90, 37, 114)

HSL

hsl(281.3, 51%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.3, 67.5%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(25.9, 37.75, -34.19)

LCH

lch(25.9, 50.93, 317.83)

OKLCH

oklch(37.8%, 0.1328, 313.57)

HWB

hwb(281.3, 14.5%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3d7225

Analogous

#332572

#5a2572

#722563

Triadic

#5a2572

#725a25

#25725a

Split-complementary

#5a2572

#637225

#257233

Tetradic

#5a2572

#72253d

#3d7225

#25725a

Square

#5a2572

#723325

#3d7225

#256372

Shades

Color #5a2572 mixed toward black.

#4b1f5f

#3c194c

#2d1239

#1e0c26

#0f0613

Tints

Color #5a2572 mixed toward white.

#7e349f

#9e4ac4

#b677d3

#cfa5e2

#e7d2f0

Tones

Color #5a2572 mixed toward gray.

#582b6c

#553265

#53385f

#503f58

#4e4552

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494866 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#4b4e62 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#585a58 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a2572;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a2572]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5a2572 (#5a2572) is rgb(90, 37, 114) in RGB.

No, #5a2572 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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