#551c73

Color #551c73

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 12.8 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#551c73

RGB

rgb(85, 28, 115)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 60.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 75.7%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(23.67, 41.11, -38.46)

LCH

lch(23.67, 56.3, 316.91)

OKLCH

oklch(36%, 0.1444, 311.13)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 11%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a731c

Analogous

#291c73

#551c73

#731c65

Triadic

#551c73

#73551c

#1c7355

Split-complementary

#551c73

#65731c

#1c7329

Tetradic

#551c73

#731c3a

#3a731c

#1c7355

Square

#551c73

#73291c

#3a731c

#1c6573

Shades

Color #551c73 mixed toward black.

#471760

#39134d

#2a0e39

#1c0926

#0e0513

Tints

Color #551c73 mixed toward white.

#7928a4

#9c3acf

#b56bdb

#cd9de7

#e6cef3

Tones

Color #551c73 mixed toward gray.

#53236c

#502a64

#4e325d

#4c3956

#4a404f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.8:1

White text reads better on this background (11.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#434366 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#464963 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#535a57 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #551c73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#551c73]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#551c73 (#551c73) is rgb(85, 28, 115) in RGB.

No, #551c73 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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