#534959

Color #534959

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#534959

RGB

rgb(83, 73, 89)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 9.9%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 18%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 18%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(32.54, 7.63, -7.9)

LCH

lch(32.54, 10.98, 314)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.029, 312.77)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 28.6%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f5949

Analogous

#4b4959

#534959

#594957

Triadic

#534959

#595349

#495953

Split-complementary

#534959

#575949

#49594b

Tetradic

#534959

#59494f

#4f5949

#495953

Square

#534959

#594b49

#4f5949

#495759

Shades

Color #534959 mixed toward black.

#453d4a

#37313b

#2a252d

#1c181e

#0e0c0f

Tints

Color #534959 mixed toward white.

#716379

#8e8097

#aa9fb1

#c6bfcb

#e3dfe5

Tones

Color #534959 mixed toward gray.

#534a58

#524c56

#524d55

#524e54

#515052

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.47:1

White text reads better on this background (8.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f55 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#4f5055 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#535352 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 10.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #534959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#534959]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#534959 (#534959) is rgb(83, 73, 89) in RGB.

No, #534959 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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