#5a3898

Color #5a3898

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 5.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a3898

RGB

rgb(90, 56, 152)

HSL

hsl(261.3, 46.2%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.3, 63.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(32.41, 37.16, -47.4)

LCH

lch(32.41, 60.23, 308.1)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.15, 295.81)

HWB

hwb(261.3, 22%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#769838

Analogous

#384698

#5a3898

#8a3898

Triadic

#5a3898

#985a38

#38985a

Split-complementary

#5a3898

#988a38

#469838

Tetradic

#5a3898

#983876

#769838

#38985a

Square

#5a3898

#983846

#769838

#38988a

Shades

Color #5a3898 mixed toward black.

#4b2f7f

#3c2565

#2d1c4c

#1e1333

#0f0919

Tints

Color #5a3898 mixed toward white.

#7047bb

#8d6cc9

#a991d6

#c6b5e4

#e2daf1

Tones

Color #5a3898 mixed toward gray.

#5c4090

#5f4888

#615080

#635878

#666070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.45:1

White text reads better on this background (8.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d88 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#4f5284 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#597a77 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a3898;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a3898]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#5a3898 (#5a3898) is rgb(90, 56, 152) in RGB.

No, #5a3898 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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