#5e35c8

Color #5e35c8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 17.17 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e35c8

RGB

rgb(94, 53, 200)

HSL

hsl(256.7, 58.1%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.7, 73.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(53%, 73.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(36.17, 53, -69.85)

LCH

lch(36.17, 87.68, 307.19)

OKLCH

oklch(47.3%, 0.2114, 288.25)

HWB

hwb(256.7, 20.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fc835

Analogous

#3556c8

#5e35c8

#a735c8

Triadic

#5e35c8

#c85e35

#35c85e

Split-complementary

#5e35c8

#c8a735

#56c835

Tetradic

#5e35c8

#c8359f

#9fc835

#35c85e

Square

#5e35c8

#c83556

#9fc835

#35c8a7

Shades

Color #5e35c8 mixed toward black.

#4e2ca7

#3f2385

#2f1a64

#1f1243

#100921

Tints

Color #5e35c8 mixed toward white.

#7856d2

#9378db

#ae99e4

#c9bbed

#e4ddf6

Tones

Color #5e35c8 mixed toward gray.

#6341bc

#694daf

#6e5aa3

#746697

#79728b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4fb2 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#5154ac · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#5c9e99 · ΔE 41.8

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 29.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e35c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e35c8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5e35c8 (#5e35c8) is rgb(94, 53, 200) in RGB.

No, #5e35c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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