#5e1cf6

Color #5e1cf6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 14.73 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e1cf6

RGB

rgb(94, 28, 246)

HSL

hsl(258.2, 92.4%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.2, 88.6%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.8%, 88.6%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(37.59, 74.4, -93.84)

LCH

lch(37.59, 119.76, 308.41)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.278, 283.31)

HWB

hwb(258.2, 11%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b4f61c

Analogous

#1c47f6

#5e1cf6

#cb1cf6

Triadic

#5e1cf6

#f65e1c

#1cf65e

Split-complementary

#5e1cf6

#f6cb1c

#47f61c

Tetradic

#5e1cf6

#f61cb4

#b4f61c

#1cf65e

Square

#5e1cf6

#f61c47

#b4f61c

#1cf6cb

Shades

Color #5e1cf6 mixed toward black.

#4909dc

#3a07b0

#2c0584

#1d0358

#0f022c

Tints

Color #5e1cf6 mixed toward white.

#7942f8

#9468f9

#af8dfb

#c9b3fc

#e4d9fe

Tones

Color #5e1cf6 mixed toward gray.

#652ee4

#6c40d2

#7352bf

#7b65ad

#82779b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.97:1

White text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4ada · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#4d51d3 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#5cc0ba · ΔE 50.4

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 32.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e1cf6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e1cf6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5e1cf6 (#5e1cf6) is rgb(94, 28, 246) in RGB.

No, #5e1cf6 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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