#5e2457

Color #5e2457

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.6 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e2457

RGB

rgb(94, 36, 87)

HSL

hsl(307.2, 44.6%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.2, 61.7%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 7.4%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(24.73, 33.68, -18.42)

LCH

lch(24.73, 38.39, 331.33)

OKLCH

oklch(36.5%, 0.1088, 332.47)

HWB

hwb(307.2, 14.1%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#245e2b

Analogous

#48245e

#5e2457

#5e243a

Triadic

#5e2457

#575e24

#24575e

Split-complementary

#5e2457

#3a5e24

#245e48

Tetradic

#5e2457

#5e2b24

#245e2b

#24575e

Square

#5e2457

#5e4824

#245e2b

#243a5e

Shades

Color #5e2457 mixed toward black.

#4e1e49

#3f183a

#2f122c

#1f0c1d

#10060f

Tints

Color #5e2457 mixed toward white.

#8c3681

#b948ab

#ca76c0

#dca3d5

#edd1ea

Tones

Color #5e2457 mixed toward gray.

#592953

#542e50

#50334c

#4b3748

#463c45

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.87:1

White text reads better on this background (11.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b4e · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#4e524c · ΔE 31.4

Tritanopia

#5c4644 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e2457;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e2457]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#5e2457 (#5e2457) is rgb(94, 36, 87) in RGB.

No, #5e2457 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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