#533f5f

Color #533f5f

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 20.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#533f5f

RGB

rgb(83, 63, 95)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 20.3%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 33.7%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(29.96, 15.49, -15.66)

LCH

lch(29.96, 22.03, 314.69)

OKLCH

oklch(40.2%, 0.058, 312.35)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 24.7%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b5f3f

Analogous

#433f5f

#533f5f

#5f3f5b

Triadic

#533f5f

#5f533f

#3f5f53

Split-complementary

#533f5f

#5b5f3f

#3f5f43

Tetradic

#533f5f

#5f3f4b

#4b5f3f

#3f5f53

Square

#533f5f

#5f433f

#4b5f3f

#3f5b5f

Shades

Color #533f5f mixed toward black.

#45354f

#372a3f

#2a2030

#1c1520

#0e0b10

Tints

Color #533f5f mixed toward white.

#725682

#9072a2

#ab95b9

#c7b8d0

#e3dce8

Tones

Color #533f5f mixed toward gray.

#52425c

#52445a

#514757

#504a54

#504c52

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.24:1

White text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b59 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#4c4e57 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#525352 · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #533f5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#533f5f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#533f5f (#533f5f) is rgb(83, 63, 95) in RGB.

No, #533f5f 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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