#551c50

Color #551c50

A moderately saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 25.96 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#551c50

RGB

rgb(85, 28, 80)

HSL

hsl(305.3, 50.4%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(305.3, 67.1%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 5.9%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(21.36, 33.63, -19.13)

LCH

lch(21.36, 38.69, 330.37)

OKLCH

oklch(33.6%, 0.1093, 331.3)

HWB

hwb(305.3, 11%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c5521

Analogous

#3e1c55

#551c50

#551c34

Triadic

#551c50

#50551c

#1c5055

Split-complementary

#551c50

#34551c

#1c553e

Tetradic

#551c50

#55211c

#1c5521

#1c5055

Square

#551c50

#553e1c

#1c5521

#1c3455

Shades

Color #551c50 mixed toward black.

#471743

#391335

#2b0e28

#1c091b

#0e050d

Tints

Color #551c50 mixed toward white.

#872c7f

#b93dae

#ce6ac5

#de9cd8

#efcdec

Tones

Color #551c50 mixed toward gray.

#50214c

#4c2648

#472a44

#422f40

#3d343d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.67:1

White text reads better on this background (12.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#434347 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#464945 · ΔE 29.5

Tritanopia

#53403e · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#333333 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #551c50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#551c50]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#551c50 (#551c50) is rgb(85, 28, 80) in RGB.

No, #551c50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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