#564b5e

Color #564b5e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.1 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#564b5e

RGB

rgb(86, 75, 94)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 11.2%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 20.2%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(33.6, 8.68, -9.44)

LCH

lch(33.6, 12.82, 312.6)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.0337, 310.91)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 29.4%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535e4b

Analogous

#4c4b5e

#564b5e

#5e4b5c

Triadic

#564b5e

#5e564b

#4b5e56

Split-complementary

#564b5e

#5c5e4b

#4b5e4c

Tetradic

#564b5e

#5e4b53

#535e4b

#4b5e56

Square

#564b5e

#5e4c4b

#535e4b

#4b5c5e

Shades

Color #564b5e mixed toward black.

#483e4e

#39323f

#2b252f

#1d191f

#0e0c10

Tints

Color #564b5e mixed toward white.

#73647d

#8f819a

#aba0b3

#c7c0cd

#e3dfe6

Tones

Color #564b5e mixed toward gray.

#564d5c

#554e5b

#555059

#555158

#555356

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51515a · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#525359 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#555656 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #564b5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#564b5e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#564b5e (#564b5e) is rgb(86, 75, 94) in RGB.

No, #564b5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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