#5a3955

Color #5a3955

A muted dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a3955

RGB

rgb(90, 57, 85)

HSL

hsl(309.1, 22.4%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.1, 36.7%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 5.6%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(28.79, 19.67, -10.91)

LCH

lch(28.79, 22.49, 330.98)

OKLCH

oklch(39.4%, 0.0631, 332.22)

HWB

hwb(309.1, 22.4%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#395a3e

Analogous

#4e395a

#5a3955

#5a3944

Triadic

#5a3955

#555a39

#39555a

Split-complementary

#5a3955

#445a39

#395a4e

Tetradic

#5a3955

#5a3e39

#395a3e

#39555a

Square

#5a3955

#5a4e39

#395a3e

#39445a

Shades

Color #5a3955 mixed toward black.

#4b2f47

#3c2639

#2d1c2a

#1e131c

#0f090e

Tints

Color #5a3955 mixed toward white.

#7f5078

#a16b99

#b990b2

#d0b5cc

#e8dae5

Tones

Color #5a3955 mixed toward gray.

#573c53

#543e51

#52414f

#4f444d

#4c474b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.15:1

White text reads better on this background (9.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4d4f · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#50524e · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#594a49 · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a3955;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a3955]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

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Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#5a3955 (#5a3955) is rgb(90, 57, 85) in RGB.

No, #5a3955 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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