#83559e

Color #83559e

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.68 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#83559e

RGB

rgb(131, 85, 158)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 30%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 46.2%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 38%)

LAB

lab(43.93, 32.89, -32.37)

LCH

lch(43.93, 46.15, 315.46)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.1209, 311.92)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 33.3%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#709e55

Analogous

#5e559e

#83559e

#9e5594

Triadic

#83559e

#9e8355

#559e83

Split-complementary

#83559e

#949e55

#559e5e

Tetradic

#83559e

#9e5570

#709e55

#559e83

Square

#83559e

#9e5e55

#709e55

#55949e

Shades

Color #83559e mixed toward black.

#6d4783

#573969

#412a4f

#2c1c35

#160e1a

Tints

Color #83559e mixed toward white.

#986eb1

#ad8bc1

#c1a8d0

#d6c5e0

#eae2ef

Tones

Color #83559e mixed toward gray.

#815b98

#806192

#7e678c

#7d6d86

#7b737f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.76:1

White text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727291 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#74778d · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#818582 · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #83559e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#83559e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#83559e (#83559e) is rgb(131, 85, 158) in RGB.

No, #83559e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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