#5b456a

Color #5b456a

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b456a

RGB

rgb(91, 69, 106)

HSL

hsl(275.7, 21.1%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.7, 34.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(32.96, 17.21, -17.96)

LCH

lch(32.96, 24.87, 313.78)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0653, 310.96)

HWB

hwb(275.7, 27.1%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#546a45

Analogous

#49456a

#5b456a

#6a4566

Triadic

#5b456a

#6a5b45

#456a5b

Split-complementary

#5b456a

#666a45

#456a49

Tetradic

#5b456a

#6a4554

#546a45

#456a5b

Square

#5b456a

#6a4945

#546a45

#45666a

Shades

Color #5b456a mixed toward black.

#4c3a58

#3d2e47

#2d2335

#1e1723

#0f0c12

Tints

Color #5b456a mixed toward white.

#785b8c

#9478a7

#af9abd

#c9bbd3

#e4dde9

Tones

Color #5b456a mixed toward gray.

#5a4867

#5a4b64

#594e61

#59515e

#58545b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525263 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#545561 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#5a5c5b · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b456a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b456a]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b456a (#5b456a) is rgb(91, 69, 106) in RGB.

No, #5b456a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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