#5c4e62

Color #5c4e62

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5c4e62

RGB

rgb(92, 78, 98)

HSL

hsl(282, 11.4%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 20.4%, 38.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 61.6%)

LAB

lab(35.21, 10, -9.47)

LCH

lch(35.21, 13.77, 316.56)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0366, 315.66)

HWB

hwb(282, 30.6%, 61.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#54624e

Analogous

#524e62

#5c4e62

#624e5e

Triadic

#5c4e62

#625c4e

#4e625c

Split-complementary

#5c4e62

#5e624e

#4e6252

Tetradic

#5c4e62

#624e54

#54624e

#4e625c

Square

#5c4e62

#62524e

#54624e

#4e5e62

Shades

Color #5c4e62 mixed toward black.

#4d4152

#3d3441

#2e2731

#1f1a21

#0f0d10

Tints

Color #5c4e62 mixed toward white.

#796781

#95839c

#afa2b5

#cac1ce

#e4e0e6

Tones

Color #5c4e62 mixed toward gray.

#5b5060

#5b515f

#5a535d

#59555b

#59565a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56565e · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#57585d · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#5b5a59 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c4e62;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c4e62]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5c4e62 (#5c4e62) is rgb(92, 78, 98) in RGB.

No, #5c4e62 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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