#5d1187

Color #5d1187

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 6.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5d1187

RGB

rgb(93, 17, 135)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 77.6%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 87.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 87.4%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(25.19, 51.08, -48.61)

LCH

lch(25.19, 70.51, 316.42)

OKLCH

oklch(37.9%, 0.1774, 308.78)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 6.7%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b8711

Analogous

#221187

#5d1187

#871176

Triadic

#5d1187

#875d11

#11875d

Split-complementary

#5d1187

#768711

#118722

Tetradic

#5d1187

#87113b

#3b8711

#11875d

Square

#5d1187

#872211

#3b8711

#117687

Shades

Color #5d1187 mixed toward black.

#4d0e70

#3e0b5a

#2e0943

#1f062d

#0f0316

Tints

Color #5d1187 mixed toward white.

#8118bc

#a22be4

#b960eb

#d195f2

#e8caf8

Tones

Color #5d1187 mixed toward gray.

#5a1b7d

#572573

#542f69

#523860

#4f4256

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.9:1

White text reads better on this background (11.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484777 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#4b4f73 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#5b6865 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 27.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d1187;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d1187]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5d1187 (#5d1187) is rgb(93, 17, 135) in RGB.

No, #5d1187 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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