#5500f8

Color #5500f8

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue #0000ff · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5500f8

RGB

rgb(85, 0, 248)

HSL

hsl(260.6, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260.6, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.7%, 100%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(35.41, 79.14, -98.62)

LCH

lch(35.41, 126.45, 308.75)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.2893, 280.76)

HWB

hwb(260.6, 0%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3f800

Analogous

#0027f8

#5500f8

#d100f8

Triadic

#5500f8

#f85500

#00f855

Split-complementary

#5500f8

#f8d100

#27f800

Tetradic

#5500f8

#f800a3

#a3f800

#00f855

Square

#5500f8

#f80027

#a3f800

#00f8d1

Shades

Color #5500f8 mixed toward black.

#4700cf

#3900a5

#2b007c

#1c0053

#0e0029

Tints

Color #5500f8 mixed toward white.

#7025ff

#8c50ff

#a97cff

#c6a8ff

#e2d3ff

Tones

Color #5500f8 mixed toward gray.

#5c15e3

#6229cf

#693eba

#6f53a5

#756791

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4040db · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#4347d4 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#53c1ba · ΔE 53

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 32.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5500f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5500f8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#5500f8 (#5500f8) is rgb(85, 0, 248) in RGB.

No, #5500f8 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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