#5e2ca4

Color #5e2ca4

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 10.29 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5e2ca4

RGB

rgb(94, 44, 164)

HSL

hsl(265, 57.7%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265, 73.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(31.49, 47.64, -56.16)

LCH

lch(31.49, 73.64, 310.31)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.1805, 297.16)

HWB

hwb(265, 17.3%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#72a42c

Analogous

#2c36a4

#5e2ca4

#9a2ca4

Triadic

#5e2ca4

#a45e2c

#2ca45e

Split-complementary

#5e2ca4

#a49a2c

#36a42c

Tetradic

#5e2ca4

#a42c72

#72a42c

#2ca45e

Square

#5e2ca4

#a42c36

#72a42c

#2ca49a

Shades

Color #5e2ca4 mixed toward black.

#4e2589

#3f1d6d

#2f1652

#1f0f37

#10071b

Tints

Color #5e2ca4 mixed toward white.

#7539ca

#9160d4

#ac88df

#c8b0ea

#e3d7f4

Tones

Color #5e2ca4 mixed toward gray.

#60369a

#614090

#634a86

#65547c

#665e72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d92 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#50538d · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#5c827e · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e2ca4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e2ca4]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Purple #9370db

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#5e2ca4 (#5e2ca4) is rgb(94, 44, 164) in RGB.

No, #5e2ca4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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