#5b4d63

Color #5b4d63

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.42 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4d63

RGB

rgb(91, 77, 99)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 12.5%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 22.2%, 38.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 61.2%)

LAB

lab(34.87, 10.48, -10.64)

LCH

lch(34.87, 14.93, 314.57)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.0395, 313.15)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 30.2%, 61.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55634d

Analogous

#504d63

#5b4d63

#634d60

Triadic

#5b4d63

#635b4d

#4d635b

Split-complementary

#5b4d63

#60634d

#4d6350

Tetradic

#5b4d63

#634d55

#55634d

#4d635b

Square

#5b4d63

#63504d

#55634d

#4d6063

Shades

Color #5b4d63 mixed toward black.

#4c4052

#3d3342

#2d2631

#1e1a21

#0f0d10

Tints

Color #5b4d63 mixed toward white.

#786582

#93829e

#aea1b6

#c9c0ce

#e4e0e7

Tones

Color #5b4d63 mixed toward gray.

#5a4f61

#5a515f

#59525d

#59545c

#58565a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.69:1

White text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55555e · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#56575d · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#5a5a59 · ΔE 14.4

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4d63;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4d63]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5b4d63 (#5b4d63) is rgb(91, 77, 99) in RGB.

No, #5b4d63 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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