#5a4e5f

Color #5a4e5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a4e5f

RGB

rgb(90, 78, 95)

HSL

hsl(282.4, 9.8%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.4, 17.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(34.9, 8.55, -8.08)

LCH

lch(34.9, 11.76, 316.62)

OKLCH

oklch(44.2%, 0.0313, 316.04)

HWB

hwb(282.4, 30.6%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535f4e

Analogous

#514e5f

#5a4e5f

#5f4e5b

Triadic

#5a4e5f

#5f5a4e

#4e5f5a

Split-complementary

#5a4e5f

#5b5f4e

#4e5f51

Tetradic

#5a4e5f

#5f4e53

#535f4e

#4e5f5a

Square

#5a4e5f

#5f514e

#535f4e

#4e5b5f

Shades

Color #5a4e5f mixed toward black.

#4b414f

#3c343f

#2d272f

#1e1a20

#0f0d10

Tints

Color #5a4e5f mixed toward white.

#77677e

#93849a

#aea2b3

#c9c1cc

#e4e0e6

Tones

Color #5a4e5f mixed toward gray.

#594f5e

#59515c

#58525b

#585459

#575558

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

#55555b · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#56575a · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#595857 · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4e5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4e5f]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5a4e5f (#5a4e5f) is rgb(90, 78, 95) in RGB.

No, #5a4e5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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