#534e58

Color #534e58

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#534e58

RGB

rgb(83, 78, 88)

HSL

hsl(270, 6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 11.4%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(33.97, 4.23, -5.12)

LCH

lch(33.97, 6.64, 309.56)

OKLCH

oklch(43.2%, 0.0174, 307.99)

HWB

hwb(270, 30.6%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53584e

Analogous

#4e4e58

#534e58

#584e58

Triadic

#534e58

#58534e

#4e5853

Split-complementary

#534e58

#58584e

#4e584e

Tetradic

#534e58

#584e53

#53584e

#4e5853

Square

#534e58

#584e4e

#53584e

#4e5858

Shades

Color #534e58 mixed toward black.

#454149

#37343b

#29272c

#1c1a1d

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #534e58 mixed toward white.

#706976

#8c8593

#a9a4ae

#c6c2c9

#e2e1e4

Tones

Color #534e58 mixed toward gray.

#534f57

#535056

#535055

#535155

#535254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.6:1

White text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515156 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#515255 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#535453 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 6.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #534e58;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#534e58]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#534e58 (#534e58) is rgb(83, 78, 88) in RGB.

No, #534e58 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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