#5a497a

Color #5a497a

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.82 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a497a

RGB

rgb(90, 73, 122)

HSL

hsl(260.8, 25.1%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.8, 40.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 40.2%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(34.69, 18.43, -25.31)

LCH

lch(34.69, 31.31, 306.06)

OKLCH

oklch(44.4%, 0.0807, 299.08)

HWB

hwb(260.8, 28.6%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#697a49

Analogous

#49507a

#5a497a

#72497a

Triadic

#5a497a

#7a5a49

#497a5a

Split-complementary

#5a497a

#7a7249

#507a49

Tetradic

#5a497a

#7a4969

#697a49

#497a5a

Square

#5a497a

#7a4950

#697a49

#497a72

Shades

Color #5a497a mixed toward black.

#4b3d66

#3c3151

#2d243d

#1e1829

#0f0c14

Tints

Color #5a497a mixed toward white.

#725d9b

#8e7cb0

#aa9cc4

#c6bdd8

#e3deeb

Tones

Color #5a497a mixed toward gray.

#5b4d76

#5c5172

#5e556e

#5f596a

#605d65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535371 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#54556e · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#596866 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a497a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a497a]

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

#5a497a (#5a497a) is rgb(90, 73, 122) in RGB.

No, #5a497a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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