#5a2e74

Color #5a2e74

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.51 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5a2e74

RGB

rgb(90, 46, 116)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 43.2%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 60.3%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(27.81, 33.37, -32.4)

LCH

lch(27.81, 46.51, 315.84)

OKLCH

oklch(39.2%, 0.1207, 311.07)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 18%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48742e

Analogous

#372e74

#5a2e74

#742e6b

Triadic

#5a2e74

#745a2e

#2e745a

Split-complementary

#5a2e74

#6b742e

#2e7437

Tetradic

#5a2e74

#742e48

#48742e

#2e745a

Square

#5a2e74

#74372e

#48742e

#2e6b74

Shades

Color #5a2e74 mixed toward black.

#4b2661

#3c1f4d

#2d173a

#1e0f27

#0f0813

Tints

Color #5a2e74 mixed toward white.

#7a3f9e

#9859bd

#b282ce

#cbacde

#e5d5ef

Tones

Color #5a2e74 mixed toward gray.

#59346e

#573a68

#564063

#54455d

#534b57

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.08:1

White text reads better on this background (10.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4a68 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#4d5065 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#585e5b · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a2e74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a2e74]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a2e74 (#5a2e74) is rgb(90, 46, 116) in RGB.

No, #5a2e74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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