#5b3c64

Color #5b3c64

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 24.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b3c64

RGB

rgb(91, 60, 100)

HSL

hsl(286.5, 25%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.5, 40%, 39.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 40%, 0%, 60.8%)

LAB

lab(30.34, 21.45, -18.2)

LCH

lch(30.34, 28.13, 319.69)

OKLCH

oklch(40.8%, 0.0753, 318.39)

HWB

hwb(286.5, 23.5%, 60.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#45643c

Analogous

#473c64

#5b3c64

#643c59

Triadic

#5b3c64

#645b3c

#3c645b

Split-complementary

#5b3c64

#59643c

#3c6447

Tetradic

#5b3c64

#643c45

#45643c

#3c645b

Square

#5b3c64

#64473c

#45643c

#3c5964

Shades

Color #5b3c64 mixed toward black.

#4c3253

#3d2843

#2e1e32

#1e1421

#0f0a11

Tints

Color #5b3c64 mixed toward white.

#7c5289

#9a6da8

#b492bd

#cdb6d3

#e6dbe9

Tones

Color #5b3c64 mixed toward gray.

#593f61

#57435d

#56465a

#544957

#524d53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.28:1

White text reads better on this background (9.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f5c · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#51535a · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#5a5554 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b3c64;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b3c64]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b3c64 (#5b3c64) is rgb(91, 60, 100) in RGB.

No, #5b3c64 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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