#5a4c5f

Color #5a4c5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5a4c5f

RGB

rgb(90, 76, 95)

HSL

hsl(284.2, 11.1%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(284.2, 20%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 20%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(34.33, 9.81, -8.93)

LCH

lch(34.33, 13.27, 317.69)

OKLCH

oklch(43.8%, 0.0354, 317.06)

HWB

hwb(284.2, 29.8%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#515f4c

Analogous

#504c5f

#5a4c5f

#5f4c5a

Triadic

#5a4c5f

#5f5a4c

#4c5f5a

Split-complementary

#5a4c5f

#5a5f4c

#4c5f50

Tetradic

#5a4c5f

#5f4c51

#515f4c

#4c5f5a

Square

#5a4c5f

#5f504c

#515f4c

#4c5a5f

Shades

Color #5a4c5f mixed toward black.

#4b3f4f

#3c333f

#2d262f

#1e1920

#0f0d10

Tints

Color #5a4c5f mixed toward white.

#78657e

#94819a

#afa1b4

#c9c0cd

#e4e0e6

Tones

Color #5a4c5f mixed toward gray.

#594e5d

#584f5c

#58515a

#575259

#565457

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#54545b · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#55565a · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#595757 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 12.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4c5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4c5f]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5a4c5f (#5a4c5f) is rgb(90, 76, 95) in RGB.

No, #5a4c5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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