#5b277e

Color #5b277e

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b277e

RGB

rgb(91, 39, 126)

HSL

hsl(275.9, 52.7%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.9, 69%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(27.25, 39.83, -39.64)

LCH

lch(27.25, 56.19, 315.14)

OKLCH

oklch(39%, 0.1435, 308.63)

HWB

hwb(275.9, 15.3%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a7e27

Analogous

#30277e

#5b277e

#7e2776

Triadic

#5b277e

#7e5b27

#277e5b

Split-complementary

#5b277e

#767e27

#277e30

Tetradic

#5b277e

#7e274a

#4a7e27

#277e5b

Square

#5b277e

#7e3027

#4a7e27

#27767e

Shades

Color #5b277e mixed toward black.

#4c2169

#3d1a54

#2e143f

#1e0d2a

#0f0715

Tints

Color #5b277e mixed toward white.

#7b35aa

#9850c9

#b27bd6

#cba7e4

#e5d3f1

Tones

Color #5b277e mixed toward gray.

#5a2e77

#583670

#573d68

#554461

#544b5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.04:1

White text reads better on this background (10.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4970 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#4c506d · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#596461 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b277e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b277e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b277e (#5b277e) is rgb(91, 39, 126) in RGB.

No, #5b277e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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