#5f138e

Color #5f138e

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 6.27 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5f138e

RGB

rgb(95, 19, 142)

HSL

hsl(277.1, 76.4%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.1, 86.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(26.31, 52.36, -51.14)

LCH

lch(26.31, 73.19, 315.68)

OKLCH

oklch(38.9%, 0.1828, 307.2)

HWB

hwb(277.1, 7.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#428e13

Analogous

#22138e

#5f138e

#8e1380

Triadic

#5f138e

#8e5f13

#138e5f

Split-complementary

#5f138e

#808e13

#138e22

Tetradic

#5f138e

#8e1342

#428e13

#138e5f

Square

#5f138e

#8e2213

#428e13

#13808e

Shades

Color #5f138e mixed toward black.

#4f1076

#3f0d5f

#300a47

#20062f

#100318

Tints

Color #5f138e mixed toward white.

#811ac1

#a032e4

#b865ea

#cf98f1

#e7ccf8

Tones

Color #5f138e mixed toward gray.

#5d1d84

#5a287a

#58326f

#553c65

#53465b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.97:1

White text reads better on this background (10.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a497d · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#4d5179 · ΔE 18.5

Tritanopia

#5d6e6a · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 27.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f138e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f138e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#5f138e (#5f138e) is rgb(95, 19, 142) in RGB.

No, #5f138e 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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