#5e496f

Color #5e496f

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.65 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e496f

RGB

rgb(94, 73, 111)

HSL

hsl(273.2, 20.7%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.2, 34.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(34.58, 16.96, -18.58)

LCH

lch(34.58, 25.16, 312.39)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.0659, 309.15)

HWB

hwb(273.2, 28.6%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a6f49

Analogous

#4b496f

#5e496f

#6f496d

Triadic

#5e496f

#6f5e49

#496f5e

Split-complementary

#5e496f

#6d6f49

#496f4b

Tetradic

#5e496f

#6f495a

#5a6f49

#496f5e

Square

#5e496f

#6f4b49

#5a6f49

#496d6f

Shades

Color #5e496f mixed toward black.

#4e3d5d

#3f314a

#2f2438

#1f1825

#100c13

Tints

Color #5e496f mixed toward white.

#7a5f90

#957ca9

#af9dbe

#cabdd4

#e4dee9

Tones

Color #5e496f mixed toward gray.

#5e4c6c

#5d4f69

#5d5366

#5d5662

#5c595f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.66:1

White text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565567 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#575865 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#5d615f · ΔE 20.8

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e496f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e496f]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#5e496f (#5e496f) is rgb(94, 73, 111) in RGB.

No, #5e496f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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