#5e226d

Color #5e226d

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.69 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e226d

RGB

rgb(94, 34, 109)

HSL

hsl(288, 52.4%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 68.8%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(25.65, 39.13, -31.35)

LCH

lch(25.65, 50.14, 321.3)

OKLCH

oklch(37.6%, 0.1337, 319)

HWB

hwb(288, 13.3%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#316d22

Analogous

#38226d

#5e226d

#6d2256

Triadic

#5e226d

#6d5e22

#226d5e

Split-complementary

#5e226d

#566d22

#226d38

Tetradic

#5e226d

#6d2231

#316d22

#226d5e

Square

#5e226d

#6d3822

#316d22

#22566d

Shades

Color #5e226d mixed toward black.

#4e1c5b

#3f1749

#2f1136

#1f0b24

#100612

Tints

Color #5e226d mixed toward white.

#86319b

#ab44c5

#c073d3

#d5a2e2

#ead0f0

Tones

Color #5e226d mixed toward gray.

#5a2867

#562e60

#53355a

#4f3b54

#4b414e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.93:1

White text reads better on this background (10.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b61 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#4e515e · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#5c5654 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e226d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e226d]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#5e226d (#5e226d) is rgb(94, 34, 109) in RGB.

No, #5e226d 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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