#5a1289

Color #5a1289

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 5.56 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5a1289

RGB

rgb(90, 18, 137)

HSL

hsl(276.3, 76.8%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.3, 86.9%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 86.9%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(24.99, 50.76, -50.21)

LCH

lch(24.99, 71.4, 315.31)

OKLCH

oklch(37.7%, 0.1777, 306.37)

HWB

hwb(276.3, 7.1%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#418912

Analogous

#1e1289

#5a1289

#89127d

Triadic

#5a1289

#895a12

#12895a

Split-complementary

#5a1289

#7d8912

#12891e

Tetradic

#5a1289

#891241

#418912

#12895a

Square

#5a1289

#891e12

#418912

#127d89

Shades

Color #5a1289 mixed toward black.

#4b0f72

#3c0c5b

#2d0945

#1e062e

#0f0317

Tints

Color #5a1289 mixed toward white.

#7c19bd

#9c2ee4

#b562ea

#cd96f1

#e6cbf8

Tones

Color #5a1289 mixed toward gray.

#581c7f

#562675

#54306b

#523a61

#504457

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.88:1

White text reads better on this background (11.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464579 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#494d75 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#586a66 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a1289;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a1289]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a1289 (#5a1289) is rgb(90, 18, 137) in RGB.

No, #5a1289 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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