#5c00a0

Color #5c00a0

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 13.58 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5c00a0

RGB

rgb(92, 0, 160)

HSL

hsl(274.5, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.5, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.5%, 100%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(26.2, 59.98, -62.42)

LCH

lch(26.2, 86.57, 313.86)

OKLCH

oklch(39.2%, 0.2083, 300.94)

HWB

hwb(274.5, 0%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44a000

Analogous

#0c00a0

#5c00a0

#a00094

Triadic

#5c00a0

#a05c00

#00a05c

Split-complementary

#5c00a0

#94a000

#00a00c

Tetradic

#5c00a0

#a00044

#44a000

#00a05c

Square

#5c00a0

#a00c00

#44a000

#0094a0

Shades

Color #5c00a0 mixed toward black.

#4d0085

#3d006b

#2e0050

#1f0035

#0f001b

Tints

Color #5c00a0 mixed toward white.

#7e00da

#9c16ff

#b550ff

#cd8aff

#e6c5ff

Tones

Color #5c00a0 mixed toward gray.

#5a0d93

#581b85

#562878

#54356b

#52435d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.96:1

White text reads better on this background (10.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#46458d · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#494d88 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#5a7b77 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5c00a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c00a0]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5c00a0 (#5c00a0) is rgb(92, 0, 160) in RGB.

No, #5c00a0 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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