#5a3859

Color #5a3859

A muted dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 25.04 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a3859

RGB

rgb(90, 56, 89)

HSL

hsl(301.8, 23.3%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(301.8, 37.8%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 1.1%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(28.7, 21.13, -13.65)

LCH

lch(28.7, 25.16, 327.14)

OKLCH

oklch(39.4%, 0.0695, 327.82)

HWB

hwb(301.8, 22%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#385a39

Analogous

#4a385a

#5a3859

#5a3848

Triadic

#5a3859

#595a38

#38595a

Split-complementary

#5a3859

#485a38

#385a4a

Tetradic

#5a3859

#5a3938

#385a39

#38595a

Square

#5a3859

#5a4a38

#385a39

#38485a

Shades

Color #5a3859 mixed toward black.

#4b2f4a

#3c253b

#2d1c2c

#1e131e

#0f090f

Tints

Color #5a3859 mixed toward white.

#7f4f7e

#a269a0

#b98fb8

#d0b4d0

#e8dae7

Tones

Color #5a3859 mixed toward gray.

#573b56

#543e54

#514051

#4f434e

#4c464c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.14:1

White text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d52 · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#4f5251 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#594d4b · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a3859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a3859]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#5a3859 (#5a3859) is rgb(90, 56, 89) in RGB.

No, #5a3859 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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