#53317e

Color #53317e

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.89 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#53317e

RGB

rgb(83, 49, 126)

HSL

hsl(266.5, 44%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.5, 61.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(28.23, 32.36, -38.12)

LCH

lch(28.23, 50, 310.33)

OKLCH

oklch(39.5%, 0.1262, 301.16)

HWB

hwb(266.5, 19.2%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c7e31

Analogous

#31357e

#53317e

#79317e

Triadic

#53317e

#7e5331

#317e53

Split-complementary

#53317e

#7e7931

#357e31

Tetradic

#53317e

#7e315c

#5c7e31

#317e53

Square

#53317e

#7e3135

#5c7e31

#317e79

Shades

Color #53317e mixed toward black.

#452969

#372154

#29183f

#1c102a

#0e0815

Tints

Color #53317e mixed toward white.

#6d41a6

#8a5ec0

#a786d0

#c4afe0

#e2d7ef

Tones

Color #53317e mixed toward gray.

#543778

#543e71

#55446b

#564b64

#57515e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.11:1

White text reads better on this background (9.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474671 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#484b6e · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#526663 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 24.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #53317e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53317e]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#53317e (#53317e) is rgb(83, 49, 126) in RGB.

No, #53317e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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