#552c6a

Color #552c6a

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.83 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#552c6a

RGB

rgb(85, 44, 106)

HSL

hsl(279.7, 41.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.7, 58.5%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(26.08, 30.65, -28.81)

LCH

lch(26.08, 42.06, 316.77)

OKLCH

oklch(37.6%, 0.1099, 312.82)

HWB

hwb(279.7, 17.3%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#416a2c

Analogous

#362c6a

#552c6a

#6a2c60

Triadic

#552c6a

#6a552c

#2c6a55

Split-complementary

#552c6a

#606a2c

#2c6a36

Tetradic

#552c6a

#6a2c41

#416a2c

#2c6a55

Square

#552c6a

#6a362c

#416a2c

#2c606a

Shades

Color #552c6a mixed toward black.

#472558

#391d47

#2a1635

#1c0f23

#0e0712

Tints

Color #552c6a mixed toward white.

#773e94

#9755b9

#b180ca

#cbaadc

#e5d5ed

Tones

Color #552c6a mixed toward gray.

#533165

#523660

#503b5a

#4e4155

#4d4650

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.95:1

White text reads better on this background (10.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47465f · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#494b5d · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#535654 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #552c6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#552c6a]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#552c6a (#552c6a) is rgb(85, 44, 106) in RGB.

No, #552c6a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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