#5a2e78

Color #5a2e78

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.56 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a2e78

RGB

rgb(90, 46, 120)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 44.6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 61.7%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 61.7%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(28.07, 34.36, -34.53)

LCH

lch(28.07, 48.71, 314.86)

OKLCH

oklch(39.5%, 0.1254, 309.21)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 18%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4c782e

Analogous

#352e78

#5a2e78

#782e71

Triadic

#5a2e78

#785a2e

#2e785a

Split-complementary

#5a2e78

#71782e

#2e7835

Tetradic

#5a2e78

#782e4c

#4c782e

#2e785a

Square

#5a2e78

#78352e

#4c782e

#2e7178

Shades

Color #5a2e78 mixed toward black.

#4b2664

#3c1f50

#2d173c

#1e0f28

#0f0814

Tints

Color #5a2e78 mixed toward white.

#793ea1

#9659bf

#b083cf

#caacdf

#e5d6ef

Tones

Color #5a2e78 mixed toward gray.

#593472

#583a6c

#564065

#55475f

#544d59

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.1:1

White text reads better on this background (10.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4a6c · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#4d5068 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#58615e · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a2e78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a2e78]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5a2e78 (#5a2e78) is rgb(90, 46, 120) in RGB.

No, #5a2e78 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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