#5e516d

Color #5e516d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 17.95 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e516d

RGB

rgb(94, 81, 109)

HSL

hsl(267.9, 14.7%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.9, 25.7%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(36.68, 11.43, -14.11)

LCH

lch(36.68, 18.16, 309.01)

OKLCH

oklch(45.9%, 0.0474, 305.73)

HWB

hwb(267.9, 31.8%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#606d51

Analogous

#51526d

#5e516d

#6c516d

Triadic

#5e516d

#6d5e51

#516d5e

Split-complementary

#5e516d

#6d6c51

#526d51

Tetradic

#5e516d

#6d5160

#606d51

#516d5e

Square

#5e516d

#6d5152

#606d51

#516d6c

Shades

Color #5e516d mixed toward black.

#4e445b

#3f3649

#2f2937

#1f1b24

#100e12

Tints

Color #5e516d mixed toward white.

#79688c

#9385a4

#aea3bb

#c9c2d2

#e4e0e8

Tones

Color #5e516d mixed toward gray.

#5e536b

#5e5668

#5f5866

#5f5a64

#5f5d61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.87:1

White text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595967 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#595a66 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#5d6261 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e516d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e516d]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#5e516d (#5e516d) is rgb(94, 81, 109) in RGB.

No, #5e516d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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