#5f3985

Color #5f3985

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.76 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f3985

RGB

rgb(95, 57, 133)

HSL

hsl(270, 40%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 57.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(31.93, 32.69, -36.48)

LCH

lch(31.93, 48.98, 311.86)

OKLCH

oklch(42.7%, 0.1251, 304.74)

HWB

hwb(270, 22.4%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f8539

Analogous

#393985

#5f3985

#853985

Triadic

#5f3985

#855f39

#39855f

Split-complementary

#5f3985

#858539

#398539

Tetradic

#5f3985

#85395f

#5f8539

#39855f

Square

#5f3985

#853939

#5f8539

#398585

Shades

Color #5f3985 mixed toward black.

#4f306f

#3f2659

#301d43

#20132c

#100a16

Tints

Color #5f3985 mixed toward white.

#7a49aa

#946abf

#af8fcf

#cab4df

#e4daef

Tones

Color #5f3985 mixed toward gray.

#5f3f7f

#5f4678

#5f4c72

#5f526c

#5f5965

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.41:1

White text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515178 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#535675 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#5e6c69 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f3985;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f3985]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#5f3985 (#5f3985) is rgb(95, 57, 133) in RGB.

No, #5f3985 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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