#5b2d75

Color #5b2d75

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.7 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b2d75

RGB

rgb(91, 45, 117)

HSL

hsl(278.3, 44.4%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.3, 61.5%, 45.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 54.1%)

LAB

lab(27.81, 34.45, -33.05)

LCH

lch(27.81, 47.74, 316.19)

OKLCH

oklch(39.2%, 0.1239, 311.5)

HWB

hwb(278.3, 17.6%, 54.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#47752d

Analogous

#372d75

#5b2d75

#752d6b

Triadic

#5b2d75

#755b2d

#2d755b

Split-complementary

#5b2d75

#6b752d

#2d7537

Tetradic

#5b2d75

#752d47

#47752d

#2d755b

Square

#5b2d75

#75372d

#47752d

#2d6b75

Shades

Color #5b2d75 mixed toward black.

#4c2662

#3d1e4e

#2e173b

#1e0f27

#0f0814

Tints

Color #5b2d75 mixed toward white.

#7c3d9f

#9958bf

#b381cf

#ccabdf

#e6d5ef

Tones

Color #5b2d75 mixed toward gray.

#59336f

#583969

#563f63

#54455d

#534b57

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.08:1

White text reads better on this background (10.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b69 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#4e5066 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#595e5c · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b2d75;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b2d75]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b2d75 (#5b2d75) is rgb(91, 45, 117) in RGB.

No, #5b2d75 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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