#5b4b7b

Color #5b4b7b

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4b7b

RGB

rgb(91, 75, 123)

HSL

hsl(260, 24.2%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 39%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 39%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(35.37, 17.75, -24.86)

LCH

lch(35.37, 30.55, 305.53)

OKLCH

oklch(45%, 0.0787, 298.55)

HWB

hwb(260, 29.4%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b7b4b

Analogous

#4b537b

#5b4b7b

#734b7b

Triadic

#5b4b7b

#7b5b4b

#4b7b5b

Split-complementary

#5b4b7b

#7b734b

#537b4b

Tetradic

#5b4b7b

#7b4b6b

#6b7b4b

#4b7b5b

Square

#5b4b7b

#7b4b53

#6b7b4b

#4b7b73

Shades

Color #5b4b7b mixed toward black.

#4c3e66

#3d3252

#2d253d

#1e1929

#0f0c14

Tints

Color #5b4b7b mixed toward white.

#735f9b

#8f7eb0

#ab9ec4

#c7bed8

#e3dfeb

Tones

Color #5b4b7b mixed toward gray.

#5c4f77

#5e5373

#5f576f

#605b6b

#625f67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555472 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#55576f · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#5a6a68 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4b7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4b7b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#5b4b7b (#5b4b7b) is rgb(91, 75, 123) in RGB.

No, #5b4b7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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