#5b4865

Color #5b4865

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.06 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4865

RGB

rgb(91, 72, 101)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 16.8%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 28.7%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(33.56, 14.11, -13.89)

LCH

lch(33.56, 19.8, 315.45)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.0523, 313.76)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 28.2%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#526548

Analogous

#4c4865

#5b4865

#654860

Triadic

#5b4865

#655b48

#48655b

Split-complementary

#5b4865

#606548

#48654c

Tetradic

#5b4865

#654852

#526548

#48655b

Square

#5b4865

#654c48

#526548

#486065

Shades

Color #5b4865 mixed toward black.

#4c3c54

#3d3043

#2d2432

#1e1822

#0f0c11

Tints

Color #5b4865 mixed toward white.

#795f86

#947ca2

#af9db9

#cabdd0

#e4dee8

Tones

Color #5b4865 mixed toward gray.

#5a4a63

#594d60

#594f5e

#58525b

#575459

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53535f · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#54565d · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#5a5a59 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 16

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4865;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4865]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5b4865 (#5b4865) is rgb(91, 72, 101) in RGB.

No, #5b4865 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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