#5b2f7a

Color #5b2f7a

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b2f7a

RGB

rgb(91, 47, 122)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 44.4%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 61.5%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(28.54, 34.56, -35.03)

LCH

lch(28.54, 49.21, 314.61)

OKLCH

oklch(39.9%, 0.1267, 308.82)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 18.4%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e7a2f

Analogous

#352f7a

#5b2f7a

#7a2f73

Triadic

#5b2f7a

#7a5b2f

#2f7a5b

Split-complementary

#5b2f7a

#737a2f

#2f7a35

Tetradic

#5b2f7a

#7a2f4e

#4e7a2f

#2f7a5b

Square

#5b2f7a

#7a352f

#4e7a2f

#2f737a

Shades

Color #5b2f7a mixed toward black.

#4c2766

#3d1f51

#2d173d

#1e1029

#0f0814

Tints

Color #5b2f7a mixed toward white.

#7a3fa3

#965bc0

#b084d0

#cbaddf

#e5d6ef

Tones

Color #5b2f7a mixed toward gray.

#5a3574

#593b6d

#584267

#574861

#554e5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.13:1

White text reads better on this background (9.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4b6d · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#4e516a · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#59625f · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b2f7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b2f7a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b2f7a (#5b2f7a) is rgb(91, 47, 122) in RGB.

No, #5b2f7a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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