#5b2573

Color #5b2573

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.11 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b2573

RGB

rgb(91, 37, 115)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 51.3%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 67.8%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(26.11, 38.23, -34.48)

LCH

lch(26.11, 51.48, 317.95)

OKLCH

oklch(38%, 0.1342, 313.73)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 14.5%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3d7325

Analogous

#342573

#5b2573

#732564

Triadic

#5b2573

#735b25

#25735b

Split-complementary

#5b2573

#647325

#257334

Tetradic

#5b2573

#73253d

#3d7325

#25735b

Square

#5b2573

#733425

#3d7325

#256473

Shades

Color #5b2573 mixed toward black.

#4c1f60

#3d194d

#2d1339

#1e0c26

#0f0613

Tints

Color #5b2573 mixed toward white.

#7f34a0

#9f4ac5

#b778d3

#cfa5e2

#e7d2f0

Tones

Color #5b2573 mixed toward gray.

#582c6c

#563266

#53385f

#513f59

#4e4552

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.96:1

White text reads better on this background (10.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494967 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#4c4f63 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#595b59 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b2573;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b2573]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5b2573 (#5b2573) is rgb(91, 37, 115) in RGB.

No, #5b2573 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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