#53475f

Color #53475f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.75 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#53475f

RGB

rgb(83, 71, 95)

HSL

hsl(270, 14.5%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 25.3%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(32.19, 10.34, -12.24)

LCH

lch(32.19, 16.02, 310.19)

OKLCH

oklch(41.9%, 0.0419, 307.34)

HWB

hwb(270, 27.8%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535f47

Analogous

#47475f

#53475f

#5f475f

Triadic

#53475f

#5f5347

#475f53

Split-complementary

#53475f

#5f5f47

#475f47

Tetradic

#53475f

#5f4753

#535f47

#475f53

Square

#53475f

#5f4747

#535f47

#475f5f

Shades

Color #53475f mixed toward black.

#453b4f

#372f3f

#29232f

#1c1820

#0e0c10

Tints

Color #53475f mixed toward white.

#705f80

#8c7c9d

#a99cb5

#c6bdce

#e2dee6

Tones

Color #53475f mixed toward gray.

#53495d

#534b5b

#534d59

#534f57

#535155

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e5a · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#4f5059 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#525655 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53475f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53475f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#53475f (#53475f) is rgb(83, 71, 95) in RGB.

No, #53475f 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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