#5b2081

Color #5b2081

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 7.83 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b2081

RGB

rgb(91, 32, 129)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 60.2%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 75.2%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(26.28, 43.89, -43.09)

LCH

lch(26.28, 61.51, 315.53)

OKLCH

oklch(38.4%, 0.156, 308.44)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 12.5%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#468120

Analogous

#2b2081

#5b2081

#812077

Triadic

#5b2081

#815b20

#20815b

Split-complementary

#5b2081

#778120

#20812b

Tetradic

#5b2081

#812046

#468120

#20815b

Square

#5b2081

#812b20

#468120

#207781

Shades

Color #5b2081 mixed toward black.

#4c1b6c

#3d1556

#2e1041

#1e0b2b

#0f0516

Tints

Color #5b2081 mixed toward white.

#7c2cb0

#9a45d1

#b373dc

#cca2e8

#e6d0f3

Tones

Color #5b2081 mixed toward gray.

#592879

#583071

#563869

#544061

#524859

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.97:1

White text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484873 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#4b4f6f · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#596562 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b2081;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b2081]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b2081 (#5b2081) is rgb(91, 32, 129) in RGB.

No, #5b2081 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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