#533b5f

Color #533b5f

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.28 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#533b5f

RGB

rgb(83, 59, 95)

HSL

hsl(280, 23.4%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 37.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 37.9%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(28.88, 18.06, -17.32)

LCH

lch(28.88, 25.02, 316.2)

OKLCH

oklch(39.4%, 0.0661, 313.96)

HWB

hwb(280, 23.1%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#475f3b

Analogous

#413b5f

#533b5f

#5f3b59

Triadic

#533b5f

#5f533b

#3b5f53

Split-complementary

#533b5f

#595f3b

#3b5f41

Tetradic

#533b5f

#5f3b47

#475f3b

#3b5f53

Square

#533b5f

#5f413b

#475f3b

#3b595f

Shades

Color #533b5f mixed toward black.

#45314f

#37273f

#2a1d30

#1c1420

#0e0a10

Tints

Color #533b5f mixed toward white.

#735284

#926da4

#ad91bb

#c8b6d2

#e4dae8

Tones

Color #533b5f mixed toward gray.

#523e5c

#514159

#504456

#4f4753

#4e4a50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.16:1

White text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a58 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#4b4d56 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#525250 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 18.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #533b5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#533b5f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#533b5f (#533b5f) is rgb(83, 59, 95) in RGB.

No, #533b5f 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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