#5b3173

Color #5b3173

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.99 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b3173

RGB

rgb(91, 49, 115)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 40.2%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 57.4%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(28.53, 31.69, -30.61)

LCH

lch(28.53, 44.06, 315.99)

OKLCH

oklch(39.7%, 0.1147, 311.68)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 19.2%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#497331

Analogous

#3a3173

#5b3173

#73316a

Triadic

#5b3173

#735b31

#31735b

Split-complementary

#5b3173

#6a7331

#31733a

Tetradic

#5b3173

#733149

#497331

#31735b

Square

#5b3173

#733a31

#497331

#316a73

Shades

Color #5b3173 mixed toward black.

#4c2960

#3d214d

#2e193a

#1e1026

#0f0813

Tints

Color #5b3173 mixed toward white.

#7b429c

#985dba

#b286cb

#ccaedd

#e5d7ee

Tones

Color #5b3173 mixed toward gray.

#5a376e

#583c68

#574263

#55475d

#544d58

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

#4c4c68 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#4e5165 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#595d5b · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b3173;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b3173]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b3173 (#5b3173) is rgb(91, 49, 115) in RGB.

No, #5b3173 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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