#5e4985

Color #5e4985

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.97 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5e4985

RGB

rgb(94, 73, 133)

HSL

hsl(261, 29.1%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261, 45.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.3%, 45.1%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(35.67, 22.64, -30.54)

LCH

lch(35.67, 38.02, 306.55)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0974, 298.59)

HWB

hwb(261, 28.6%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#708549

Analogous

#495285

#5e4985

#7c4985

Triadic

#5e4985

#855e49

#49855e

Split-complementary

#5e4985

#857c49

#528549

Tetradic

#5e4985

#854970

#708549

#49855e

Square

#5e4985

#854952

#708549

#49857c

Shades

Color #5e4985 mixed toward black.

#4e3d6f

#3f3159

#2f2542

#1f182c

#100c16

Tints

Color #5e4985 mixed toward white.

#755ba5

#917cb7

#ac9dc9

#c8bedb

#e3deed

Tones

Color #5e4985 mixed toward gray.

#604e80

#61537b

#635876

#645d71

#66626c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#56557a · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#575877 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#5d706e · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e4985;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e4985]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#5e4985 (#5e4985) is rgb(94, 73, 133) in RGB.

No, #5e4985 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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