#5b1d82

Color #5b1d82

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b1d82

RGB

rgb(91, 29, 130)

HSL

hsl(276.8, 63.5%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.8, 77.7%, 51%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 77.7%, 0%, 49%)

LAB

lab(25.91, 45.41, -44.32)

LCH

lch(25.91, 63.45, 315.7)

OKLCH

oklch(38.2%, 0.1606, 308.43)

HWB

hwb(276.8, 11.4%, 49%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44821d

Analogous

#281d82

#5b1d82

#821d77

Triadic

#5b1d82

#825b1d

#1d825b

Split-complementary

#5b1d82

#77821d

#1d8228

Tetradic

#5b1d82

#821d44

#44821d

#1d825b

Square

#5b1d82

#82281d

#44821d

#1d7782

Shades

Color #5b1d82 mixed toward black.

#4c186c

#3d1357

#2e0f41

#1e0a2b

#0f0516

Tints

Color #5b1d82 mixed toward white.

#7c28b2

#9b40d4

#b470df

#cd9fea

#e6cff4

Tones

Color #5b1d82 mixed toward gray.

#59257a

#572e71

#553669

#533f60

#514758

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484773 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#4b4e6f · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#596662 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b1d82;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b1d82]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b1d82 (#5b1d82) is rgb(91, 29, 130) in RGB.

No, #5b1d82 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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