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#5A4E77

#5a4e77 ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#5a4e77 is a color from the violet family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 30.59% green and 46.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.37% cyan, 34.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 53.33% black. Its hue angle is 257.56°, with 20.81% saturation and 38.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 9.94.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0895

Complementary

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #6b774e

Split complementary

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #776f4e
  3. #57774e

Analogous

  1. #4e5777
  2. #5a4e77
  3. #6f4e77

Triadic

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #775a4e
  3. #4e775a

Tetradic

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #774e6b
  3. #6b774e
  4. #4e775a

Square

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #774e57
  3. #6b774e
  4. #4e776f

Monochromatic

  1. #14111b
  2. #373049
  3. #5a4e77
  4. #7f70a1
  5. #a89ec0

Shades

#5a4e77 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #51466b
  3. #483e5f
  4. #3f3753
  5. #362f47
  6. #2d273c
  7. #241f30
  8. #1b1724
  9. #121018
  10. #09080c
  11. #000000

Tints

#5a4e77 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #6b6085
  3. #7b7192
  4. #8c83a0
  5. #9c95ad
  6. #ada7bb
  7. #bdb8c9
  8. #cecad6
  9. #dedce4
  10. #efedf1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5a4e77 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5a4e77
  2. #5e5378
  3. #625879
  4. #655d7a
  5. #69627b
  6. #6d677c
  7. #716c7c
  8. #75717d
  9. #78767e
  10. #7c7b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #545454 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #575264 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #445579 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #465476 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #54555d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e5278 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f5276 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #575268 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5a4e77 {
  color: #5a4e77;
}
Background
.bg-5a4e77 {
  background-color: #5a4e77;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5a4e77 {
  border: 2px solid #5a4e77;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5a4e77;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 78 119;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 21% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5a4e77 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5a4e77, #6f4e77);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5a4e77 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 78 119 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 9.94 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.40 #6c3082 Eminence ΔE 11.90 #614051 Eggplant ΔE 12.16 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 12.70 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 12.72 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 13.04 #a5b188 Inverted #545454 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#5a4e77  rgb(90, 78, 119)  hsl(258, 21%, 39%)  Dark Slate Blue
#6b774e  rgb(107, 119, 78)  hsl(78, 21%, 39%)  Dark Olive Green
#775a4e  rgb(119, 90, 78)  hsl(18, 21%, 39%)  Umber
#4e775a  rgb(78, 119, 90)  hsl(138, 21%, 39%)  Viridian