#5b1388

Color #5b1388

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 6.3 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b1388

RGB

rgb(91, 19, 136)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 75.5%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 86%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 86%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(25.16, 50.4, -49.3)

LCH

lch(25.16, 70.5, 315.63)

OKLCH

oklch(37.8%, 0.1762, 307.18)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 7.5%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#408813

Analogous

#201388

#5b1388

#88137b

Triadic

#5b1388

#885b13

#13885b

Split-complementary

#5b1388

#7b8813

#138820

Tetradic

#5b1388

#881340

#408813

#13885b

Square

#5b1388

#882013

#408813

#137b88

Shades

Color #5b1388 mixed toward black.

#4c1071

#3d0d5b

#2d0944

#1e062d

#0f0317

Tints

Color #5b1388 mixed toward white.

#7e1abc

#9d2fe2

#b663e9

#ce97f1

#e7cbf8

Tones

Color #5b1388 mixed toward gray.

#591d7e

#562775

#54306b

#523a61

#504457

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.89:1

White text reads better on this background (11.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474678 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#4a4d74 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#596966 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 27.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b1388;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b1388]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b1388 (#5b1388) is rgb(91, 19, 136) in RGB.

No, #5b1388 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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