#5a2d97

Color #5a2d97

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 4.36 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a2d97

RGB

rgb(90, 45, 151)

HSL

hsl(265.5, 54.1%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.5, 70.2%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 70.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(30.12, 42.93, -50.51)

LCH

lch(30.12, 66.29, 310.36)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.1638, 298.4)

HWB

hwb(265.5, 17.6%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a972d

Analogous

#2d3597

#5a2d97

#8f2d97

Triadic

#5a2d97

#975a2d

#2d975a

Split-complementary

#5a2d97

#978f2d

#35972d

Tetradic

#5a2d97

#972d6a

#6a972d

#2d975a

Square

#5a2d97

#972d35

#6a972d

#2d978f

Shades

Color #5a2d97 mixed toward black.

#4b257e

#3c1e65

#2d164b

#1e0f32

#0f0719

Tints

Color #5a2d97 mixed toward white.

#7239bf

#8e5ecf

#aa86db

#c6aee7

#e3d7f3

Tones

Color #5a2d97 mixed toward gray.

#5b368e

#5d3f85

#5e477c

#5f5074

#61596b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.26:1

White text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a87 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#4d5082 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#587874 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a2d97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a2d97]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a2d97 (#5a2d97) is rgb(90, 45, 151) in RGB.

No, #5a2d97 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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