#5c00b9

Color #5c00b9

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 14.16 Nearest Tailwind class violet-800 #5d0ec0 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5c00b9

RGB

rgb(92, 0, 185)

HSL

hsl(269.8, 100%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(269.8, 100%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.3%, 100%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(28.84, 65.43, -73.09)

LCH

lch(28.84, 98.1, 311.83)

OKLCH

oklch(41.8%, 0.2304, 294.35)

HWB

hwb(269.8, 0%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5db900

Analogous

#0001b9

#5c00b9

#b900b9

Triadic

#5c00b9

#b95c00

#00b95c

Split-complementary

#5c00b9

#b9b900

#01b900

Tetradic

#5c00b9

#b9005d

#5db900

#00b95c

Square

#5c00b9

#b90001

#5db900

#00b9b9

Shades

Color #5c00b9 mixed toward black.

#4d009a

#3d007b

#2e005d

#1f003e

#0f001f

Tints

Color #5c00b9 mixed toward white.

#7700ef

#9226ff

#ad5dff

#c893ff

#e4c9ff

Tones

Color #5c00b9 mixed toward gray.

#5c0faa

#5c1f9a

#5c2e8b

#5c3e7b

#5c4d6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.16:1

White text reads better on this background (9.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4645a3 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#494d9e · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#5a8f8a · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 30.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c00b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c00b9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#5c00b9 (#5c00b9) is rgb(92, 0, 185) in RGB.

No, #5c00b9 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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