#5b00b9

Color #5b00b9

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 14.28 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b00b9

RGB

rgb(91, 0, 185)

HSL

hsl(269.5, 100%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.5, 100%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.8%, 100%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(28.71, 65.35, -73.31)

LCH

lch(28.71, 98.21, 311.71)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.2303, 293.93)

HWB

hwb(269.5, 0%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5eb900

Analogous

#0002b9

#5b00b9

#b800b9

Triadic

#5b00b9

#b95b00

#00b95b

Split-complementary

#5b00b9

#b9b800

#02b900

Tetradic

#5b00b9

#b9005e

#5eb900

#00b95b

Square

#5b00b9

#b90002

#5eb900

#00b9b8

Shades

Color #5b00b9 mixed toward black.

#4c009a

#3d007b

#2e005d

#1e003e

#0f001f

Tints

Color #5b00b9 mixed toward white.

#7600ef

#9126ff

#ac5dff

#c893ff

#e3c9ff

Tones

Color #5b00b9 mixed toward gray.

#5b0faa

#5c1f9a

#5c2e8b

#5c3e7b

#5c4d6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.15:1

White text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4544a3 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#484c9e · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#598f8a · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 30.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b00b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b00b9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b00b9 (#5b00b9) is rgb(91, 0, 185) in RGB.

No, #5b00b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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