#531e72

Color #531e72

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.52 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#531e72

RGB

rgb(83, 30, 114)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 58.3%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 73.7%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(23.61, 39.51, -37.92)

LCH

lch(23.61, 54.76, 316.18)

OKLCH

oklch(35.9%, 0.1401, 310.02)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 11.8%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3d721e

Analogous

#291e72

#531e72

#721e67

Triadic

#531e72

#72531e

#1e7253

Split-complementary

#531e72

#67721e

#1e7229

Tetradic

#531e72

#721e3d

#3d721e

#1e7253

Square

#531e72

#72291e

#3d721e

#1e6772

Shades

Color #531e72 mixed toward black.

#45195f

#37144c

#290f39

#1c0a26

#0e0513

Tints

Color #531e72 mixed toward white.

#762ba2

#983ecc

#b26ed9

#cb9ee6

#e5cff2

Tones

Color #531e72 mixed toward gray.

#51256b

#4f2c64

#4d335d

#4c3a56

#4a414f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.8:1

White text reads better on this background (11.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424265 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#454862 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#515957 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #531e72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#531e72]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#531e72 (#531e72) is rgb(83, 30, 114) in RGB.

No, #531e72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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