#5a4a79

Color #5a4a79

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5a4a79

RGB

rgb(90, 74, 121)

HSL

hsl(260.4, 24.1%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.4, 38.8%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(34.91, 17.53, -24.35)

LCH

lch(34.91, 30, 305.75)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.0773, 298.92)

HWB

hwb(260.4, 29%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#69794a

Analogous

#4a5179

#5a4a79

#714a79

Triadic

#5a4a79

#795a4a

#4a795a

Split-complementary

#5a4a79

#79714a

#51794a

Tetradic

#5a4a79

#794a69

#69794a

#4a795a

Square

#5a4a79

#794a51

#69794a

#4a7971

Shades

Color #5a4a79 mixed toward black.

#4b3e65

#3c3151

#2d253c

#1e1928

#0f0c14

Tints

Color #5a4a79 mixed toward white.

#725e99

#8e7daf

#aa9dc3

#c6bed7

#e3deeb

Tones

Color #5a4a79 mixed toward gray.

#5b4e75

#5c5271

#5e566d

#5f5a69

#605d65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.69:1

White text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545370 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#54566d · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#596866 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 19.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4a79]

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

#5a4a79 (#5a4a79) is rgb(90, 74, 121) in RGB.

No, #5a4a79 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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