#5a4f60

Color #5a4f60

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a4f60

RGB

rgb(90, 79, 96)

HSL

hsl(278.8, 9.7%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.8, 17.7%, 37.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 62.4%)

LAB

lab(35.22, 8.15, -8.22)

LCH

lch(35.22, 11.58, 314.75)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0306, 313.81)

HWB

hwb(278.8, 31%, 62.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55604f

Analogous

#514f60

#5a4f60

#604f5d

Triadic

#5a4f60

#605a4f

#4f605a

Split-complementary

#5a4f60

#5d604f

#4f6051

Tetradic

#5a4f60

#604f55

#55604f

#4f605a

Square

#5a4f60

#60514f

#55604f

#4f5d60

Shades

Color #5a4f60 mixed toward black.

#4b4250

#3c3540

#2d2730

#1e1a20

#0f0d10

Tints

Color #5a4f60 mixed toward white.

#77687f

#92849a

#aea3b3

#c9c2cd

#e4e0e6

Tones

Color #5a4f60 mixed toward gray.

#5a505f

#59525d

#59535c

#58555a

#585659

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55555c · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#56575b · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#595958 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 11.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4f60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4f60]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a4f60 (#5a4f60) is rgb(90, 79, 96) in RGB.

No, #5a4f60 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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