#5b2d7b

Color #5b2d7b

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.78 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b2d7b

RGB

rgb(91, 45, 123)

HSL

hsl(275.4, 46.4%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.4, 63.4%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26%, 63.4%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(28.2, 35.92, -36.22)

LCH

lch(28.2, 51.01, 314.76)

OKLCH

oklch(39.6%, 0.131, 308.8)

HWB

hwb(275.4, 17.6%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d7b2d

Analogous

#342d7b

#5b2d7b

#7b2d74

Triadic

#5b2d7b

#7b5b2d

#2d7b5b

Split-complementary

#5b2d7b

#747b2d

#2d7b34

Tetradic

#5b2d7b

#7b2d4d

#4d7b2d

#2d7b5b

Square

#5b2d7b

#7b342d

#4d7b2d

#2d747b

Shades

Color #5b2d7b mixed toward black.

#4c2566

#3d1e52

#2d163d

#1e0f29

#0f0714

Tints

Color #5b2d7b mixed toward white.

#7a3ca5

#9658c2

#b182d1

#cbace0

#e5d5f0

Tones

Color #5b2d7b mixed toward gray.

#5a3374

#593a6e

#574067

#564761

#554d5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.11:1

White text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b6e · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#4e506b · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#596360 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b2d7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b2d7b]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b2d7b (#5b2d7b) is rgb(91, 45, 123) in RGB.

No, #5b2d7b 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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