#5e008f

Color #5e008f

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 6.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e008f

RGB

rgb(94, 0, 143)

HSL

hsl(279.4, 100%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.4, 100%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.3%, 100%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(24.84, 56.61, -54.18)

LCH

lch(24.84, 78.36, 316.26)

OKLCH

oklch(37.9%, 0.1943, 307.32)

HWB

hwb(279.4, 0%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#318f00

Analogous

#16008f

#5e008f

#8f0078

Triadic

#5e008f

#8f5e00

#008f5e

Split-complementary

#5e008f

#788f00

#008f16

Tetradic

#5e008f

#8f0031

#318f00

#008f5e

Square

#5e008f

#8f1600

#318f00

#00788f

Shades

Color #5e008f mixed toward black.

#4e0077

#3f005f

#2f0047

#1f0030

#100018

Tints

Color #5e008f mixed toward white.

#8600cc

#ab0aff

#c047ff

#d585ff

#eac2ff

Tones

Color #5e008f mixed toward gray.

#5a0c83

#561877

#53246b

#4f305f

#4b3c53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47477e · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#4b4f79 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#5c6e6a · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 28.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e008f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e008f]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#5e008f (#5e008f) is rgb(94, 0, 143) in RGB.

No, #5e008f 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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