#5535b1

Color #5535b1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 14.14 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5535b1

RGB

rgb(85, 53, 177)

HSL

hsl(255.5, 53.9%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.5, 70.1%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 70.1%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(33.25, 45.04, -61.12)

LCH

lch(33.25, 75.92, 306.39)

OKLCH

oklch(44.4%, 0.1849, 288.32)

HWB

hwb(255.5, 20.8%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91b135

Analogous

#3553b1

#5535b1

#9335b1

Triadic

#5535b1

#b15535

#35b155

Split-complementary

#5535b1

#b19335

#53b135

Tetradic

#5535b1

#b13591

#91b135

#35b155

Square

#5535b1

#b13553

#91b135

#35b193

Shades

Color #5535b1 mixed toward black.

#472c93

#392376

#2b1b58

#1c123b

#0e091d

Tints

Color #5535b1 mixed toward white.

#6c4bc9

#896fd4

#a793df

#c4b7e9

#e2dbf4

Tones

Color #5535b1 mixed toward gray.

#5a3fa7

#5f4a9c

#645492

#695e88

#6e697d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.53:1

White text reads better on this background (8.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49499e · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#4b4d99 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#548d88 · ΔE 38

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5535b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5535b1]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#5535b1 (#5535b1) is rgb(85, 53, 177) in RGB.

No, #5535b1 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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