#5a1489

Color #5a1489

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 6.05 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a1489

RGB

rgb(90, 20, 137)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 74.5%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 85.4%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(25.2, 50.15, -49.87)

LCH

lch(25.2, 70.73, 315.16)

OKLCH

oklch(37.8%, 0.1761, 306.2)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 7.8%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#438914

Analogous

#201489

#5a1489

#89147e

Triadic

#5a1489

#895a14

#14895a

Split-complementary

#5a1489

#7e8914

#148920

Tetradic

#5a1489

#891443

#438914

#14895a

Square

#5a1489

#892014

#438914

#147e89

Shades

Color #5a1489 mixed toward black.

#4b1172

#3c0d5b

#2d0a45

#1e072e

#0f0317

Tints

Color #5a1489 mixed toward white.

#7c1cbc

#9b32e1

#b465e9

#cd98f0

#e6ccf8

Tones

Color #5a1489 mixed toward gray.

#581e7f

#562876

#54316c

#523b62

#504558

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.9:1

White text reads better on this background (11.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464579 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#494d75 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#586a67 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a1489;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a1489]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a1489 (#5a1489) is rgb(90, 20, 137) in RGB.

No, #5a1489 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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