#5b4958

Color #5b4958

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4958

RGB

rgb(91, 73, 88)

HSL

hsl(310, 11%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310, 19.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 3.3%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(33.34, 10.57, -5.98)

LCH

lch(33.34, 12.14, 330.5)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0337, 331.84)

HWB

hwb(310, 28.6%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#495b4c

Analogous

#55495b

#5b4958

#5b494f

Triadic

#5b4958

#585b49

#49585b

Split-complementary

#5b4958

#4f5b49

#495b55

Tetradic

#5b4958

#5b4c49

#495b4c

#49585b

Square

#5b4958

#5b5549

#495b4c

#494f5b

Shades

Color #5b4958 mixed toward black.

#4c3d49

#3d313b

#2e252c

#1e181d

#0f0c0f

Tints

Color #5b4958 mixed toward white.

#7b6377

#987f94

#b29faf

#ccbfca

#e5dfe4

Tones

Color #5b4958 mixed toward gray.

#5a4b57

#584c56

#574e55

#554f54

#545153

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.54:1

White text reads better on this background (8.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545455 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#555654 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#5a5251 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4958;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4958]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#5b4958 (#5b4958) is rgb(91, 73, 88) in RGB.

No, #5b4958 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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