#5b4957

Color #5b4957

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4957

RGB

rgb(91, 73, 87)

HSL

hsl(313.3, 11%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(313.3, 19.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 4.4%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(33.3, 10.36, -5.39)

LCH

lch(33.3, 11.68, 332.51)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0326, 333.99)

HWB

hwb(313.3, 28.6%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#495b4d

Analogous

#56495b

#5b4957

#5b494e

Triadic

#5b4957

#575b49

#49575b

Split-complementary

#5b4957

#4e5b49

#495b56

Tetradic

#5b4957

#5b4d49

#495b4d

#49575b

Square

#5b4957

#5b5649

#495b4d

#494e5b

Shades

Color #5b4957 mixed toward black.

#4c3d49

#3d313a

#2e252c

#1e181d

#0f0c0f

Tints

Color #5b4957 mixed toward white.

#7b6376

#987f93

#b29fae

#ccbfc9

#e5dfe4

Tones

Color #5b4957 mixed toward gray.

#5a4b56

#584c55

#574e55

#554f54

#545153

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.54:1

White text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545454 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#555653 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#5a5151 · ΔE 8.6

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4957;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4957]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#5b4957 (#5b4957) is rgb(91, 73, 87) in RGB.

No, #5b4957 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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