#5a2e77

Color #5a2e77

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a2e77

RGB

rgb(90, 46, 119)

HSL

hsl(276.2, 44.2%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.2, 61.3%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(28.01, 34.11, -34)

LCH

lch(28.01, 48.16, 315.09)

OKLCH

oklch(39.4%, 0.1243, 309.65)

HWB

hwb(276.2, 18%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b772e

Analogous

#362e77

#5a2e77

#772e70

Triadic

#5a2e77

#775a2e

#2e775a

Split-complementary

#5a2e77

#70772e

#2e7736

Tetradic

#5a2e77

#772e4b

#4b772e

#2e775a

Square

#5a2e77

#77362e

#4b772e

#2e7077

Shades

Color #5a2e77 mixed toward black.

#4b2663

#3c1f4f

#2d173c

#1e0f28

#0f0814

Tints

Color #5a2e77 mixed toward white.

#7a3ea1

#9759bf

#b183cf

#cbacdf

#e5d6ef

Tones

Color #5a2e77 mixed toward gray.

#593471

#583a6b

#564065

#55465f

#544d59

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.09:1

White text reads better on this background (10.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4a6b · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#4d5068 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#58605d · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a2e77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a2e77]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a2e77 (#5a2e77) is rgb(90, 46, 119) in RGB.

No, #5a2e77 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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