#5b4165

Color #5b4165

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.74 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4165

RGB

rgb(91, 65, 101)

HSL

hsl(283.3, 21.7%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.3, 35.6%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 35.6%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(31.68, 18.54, -16.78)

LCH

lch(31.68, 25.01, 317.85)

OKLCH

oklch(41.8%, 0.0665, 316.34)

HWB

hwb(283.3, 25.5%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b6541

Analogous

#494165

#5b4165

#65415d

Triadic

#5b4165

#655b41

#41655b

Split-complementary

#5b4165

#5d6541

#416549

Tetradic

#5b4165

#65414b

#4b6541

#41655b

Square

#5b4165

#654941

#4b6541

#415d65

Shades

Color #5b4165 mixed toward black.

#4c3654

#3d2b43

#2d2032

#1e1622

#0f0b11

Tints

Color #5b4165 mixed toward white.

#7a5788

#9773a5

#b196bc

#cbb9d2

#e5dce9

Tones

Color #5b4165 mixed toward gray.

#5a4462

#58475f

#574a5c

#564d59

#545056

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51515e · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#52545c · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#5a5856 · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4165;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4165]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5b4165 (#5b4165) is rgb(91, 65, 101) in RGB.

No, #5b4165 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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