#55315d

Color #55315d

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 22.83 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#55315d

RGB

rgb(85, 49, 93)

HSL

hsl(289.1, 31%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.1, 47.3%, 36.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 47.3%, 0%, 63.5%)

LAB

lab(26.5, 24.58, -19.71)

LCH

lch(26.5, 31.51, 321.27)

OKLCH

oklch(37.6%, 0.0848, 320.17)

HWB

hwb(289.1, 19.2%, 63.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#395d31

Analogous

#3f315d

#55315d

#5d314f

Triadic

#55315d

#5d5531

#315d55

Split-complementary

#55315d

#4f5d31

#315d3f

Tetradic

#55315d

#5d3139

#395d31

#315d55

Square

#55315d

#5d3f31

#395d31

#314f5d

Shades

Color #55315d mixed toward black.

#47294d

#39213e

#2a182e

#1c101f

#0e080f

Tints

Color #55315d mixed toward white.

#7a4685

#9c5eaa

#b586bf

#ceafd5

#e6d7ea

Tones

Color #55315d mixed toward gray.

#533559

#503856

#4e3c52

#4c404e

#49434b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.98:1

White text reads better on this background (10.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484855 · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#4a4c53 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#544e4c · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 21

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55315d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55315d]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#55315d (#55315d) is rgb(85, 49, 93) in RGB.

No, #55315d 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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