#5b3e77

Color #5b3e77

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.2 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b3e77

RGB

rgb(91, 62, 119)

HSL

hsl(270.5, 31.5%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270.5, 47.9%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 47.9%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(31.81, 24.87, -27.96)

LCH

lch(31.81, 37.42, 311.65)

OKLCH

oklch(42.2%, 0.0967, 306.17)

HWB

hwb(270.5, 24.3%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a773e

Analogous

#3e3e77

#5b3e77

#773e77

Triadic

#5b3e77

#775b3e

#3e775b

Split-complementary

#5b3e77

#77773e

#3e773e

Tetradic

#5b3e77

#773e5a

#5a773e

#3e775b

Square

#5b3e77

#773e3e

#5a773e

#3e7777

Shades

Color #5b3e77 mixed toward black.

#4c3463

#3d294f

#2e1f3c

#1e1528

#0f0a14

Tints

Color #5b3e77 mixed toward white.

#77519b

#926fb4

#ad93c7

#c8b7d9

#e4dbec

Tones

Color #5b3e77 mixed toward gray.

#5b4372

#5b486e

#5b4c69

#5b5164

#5b565f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#50506d · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#52546a · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#5a6361 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b3e77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b3e77]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b3e77 (#5b3e77) is rgb(91, 62, 119) in RGB.

No, #5b3e77 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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