#5a3a8a

Color #5a3a8a

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 6.6 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5a3a8a

RGB

rgb(90, 58, 138)

HSL

hsl(264, 40.8%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 58%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.8%, 58%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(31.89, 32.1, -39.67)

LCH

lch(31.89, 51.03, 308.98)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.1288, 299.33)

HWB

hwb(264, 22.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a8a3a

Analogous

#3a428a

#5a3a8a

#823a8a

Triadic

#5a3a8a

#8a5a3a

#3a8a5a

Split-complementary

#5a3a8a

#8a823a

#428a3a

Tetradic

#5a3a8a

#8a3a6a

#6a8a3a

#3a8a5a

Square

#5a3a8a

#8a3a42

#6a8a3a

#3a8a82

Shades

Color #5a3a8a mixed toward black.

#4b3073

#3c275c

#2d1d45

#1e132e

#0f0a17

Tints

Color #5a3a8a mixed toward white.

#7249af

#8e6cc1

#aa90d1

#c6b5e0

#e3daf0

Tones

Color #5a3a8a mixed toward gray.

#5b4183

#5d477d

#5e4e76

#5f556f

#615b69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.41:1

White text reads better on this background (8.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e7c · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#505279 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#59706d · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a3a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a3a8a]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#5a3a8a (#5a3a8a) is rgb(90, 58, 138) in RGB.

No, #5a3a8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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