#5b4665

Color #5b4665

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 20.35 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4665

RGB

rgb(91, 70, 101)

HSL

hsl(280.6, 18.1%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.6, 30.7%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(33.01, 15.38, -14.72)

LCH

lch(33.01, 21.29, 316.26)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0564, 314.57)

HWB

hwb(280.6, 27.5%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#506546

Analogous

#4b4665

#5b4665

#65465f

Triadic

#5b4665

#655b46

#46655b

Split-complementary

#5b4665

#5f6546

#46654b

Tetradic

#5b4665

#654650

#506546

#46655b

Square

#5b4665

#654b46

#506546

#465f65

Shades

Color #5b4665 mixed toward black.

#4c3a54

#3d2f43

#2d2332

#1e1722

#0f0c11

Tints

Color #5b4665 mixed toward white.

#795d86

#9579a2

#b09bba

#cabcd1

#e5dee8

Tones

Color #5b4665 mixed toward gray.

#5a4962

#594b60

#584e5d

#57505b

#565358

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53535f · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#54555d · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#5a5958 · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4665;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4665]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5b4665 (#5b4665) is rgb(91, 70, 101) in RGB.

No, #5b4665 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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