#5d496b

Color #5d496b

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5d496b

RGB

rgb(93, 73, 107)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 18.9%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 31.8%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)

LAB

lab(34.3, 15.63, -16.52)

LCH

lch(34.3, 22.74, 313.41)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.0598, 310.86)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 28.6%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#576b49

Analogous

#4c496b

#5d496b

#6b4968

Triadic

#5d496b

#6b5d49

#496b5d

Split-complementary

#5d496b

#686b49

#496b4c

Tetradic

#5d496b

#6b4957

#576b49

#496b5d

Square

#5d496b

#6b4c49

#576b49

#49686b

Shades

Color #5d496b mixed toward black.

#4e3d59

#3e3147

#2f2536

#1f1824

#100c12

Tints

Color #5d496b mixed toward white.

#795f8c

#957ca6

#af9dbc

#cabed2

#e4dee9

Tones

Color #5d496b mixed toward gray.

#5d4c68

#5c4f65

#5c5263

#5b5460

#5b575d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555564 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#565862 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#5c5e5d · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d496b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d496b]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5d496b (#5d496b) is rgb(93, 73, 107) in RGB.

No, #5d496b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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