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#5D4E7C

#5d4e7c ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#5d4e7c is a color from the violet family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.47% red, 30.59% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 37.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.37% black. Its hue angle is 259.57°, with 22.77% saturation and 39.61% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 9.19.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0923

Complementary

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #6d7c4e

Split complementary

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #7c744e
  3. #567c4e

Analogous

  1. #4e567c
  2. #5d4e7c
  3. #744e7c

Triadic

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #7c5d4e
  3. #4e7c5d

Tetradic

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #7c4e6d
  3. #6d7c4e
  4. #4e7c5d

Square

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #7c4e56
  3. #6d7c4e
  4. #4e7c74

Monochromatic

  1. #17131e
  2. #3a304d
  3. #5d4e7c
  4. #8271a6
  5. #aba0c3

Shades

#5d4e7c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #544670
  3. #4a3e63
  4. #413757
  5. #382f4a
  6. #2f273e
  7. #251f32
  8. #1c1725
  9. #131019
  10. #09080c
  11. #000000

Tints

#5d4e7c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #6d6089
  3. #7d7196
  4. #8e83a3
  5. #9e95b0
  6. #aea7be
  7. #beb8cb
  8. #cecad8
  9. #dfdce5
  10. #efedf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5d4e7c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5d4e7c
  2. #61537c
  3. #64587d
  4. #685d7d
  5. #6b627e
  6. #6f677e
  7. #726c7e
  8. #76717f
  9. #79767f
  10. #7d7b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #565656 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #595367 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #43567e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #45557b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #57565f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e537d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #50527b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5a536c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5d4e7c {
  color: #5d4e7c;
}
Background
.bg-5d4e7c {
  background-color: #5d4e7c;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-5d4e7c {
  border: 2px solid #5d4e7c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5d4e7c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 93 78 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 23% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5d4e7c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5d4e7c, #744e7c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5d4e7c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(93 78 124 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 9.19 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.03 #6c3082 Eminence ΔE 10.89 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 11.51 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 11.57 #8e4585 Deep Plum ΔE 12.67 #614051 Eggplant ΔE 12.84 #a2b183 Inverted #565656 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#5d4e7c  rgb(93, 78, 124)  hsl(260, 23%, 40%)  Dark Slate Blue
#6d7c4e  rgb(109, 124, 78)  hsl(80, 23%, 40%)  Fern Green
#7c5d4e  rgb(124, 93, 78)  hsl(20, 23%, 40%)  Coffee
#4e7c5d  rgb(78, 124, 93)  hsl(140, 23%, 40%)  Viridian