#553b56

Color #553b56

A muted dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 20.3 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#553b56

RGB

rgb(85, 59, 86)

HSL

hsl(297.8, 18.6%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(297.8, 31.4%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(28.72, 16.7, -11.72)

LCH

lch(28.72, 20.4, 324.94)

OKLCH

oklch(39.2%, 0.0558, 325.37)

HWB

hwb(297.8, 23.1%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c563b

Analogous

#473b56

#553b56

#563b49

Triadic

#553b56

#56553b

#3b5655

Split-complementary

#553b56

#49563b

#3b5647

Tetradic

#553b56

#563b3c

#3c563b

#3b5655

Square

#553b56

#56473b

#3c563b

#3b4956

Shades

Color #553b56 mixed toward black.

#473148

#392739

#2a1d2b

#1c141d

#0e0a0e

Tints

Color #553b56 mixed toward white.

#79547a

#9a6f9c

#b393b5

#cdb7cd

#e6dbe6

Tones

Color #553b56 mixed toward gray.

#533d54

#513f51

#4f424f

#4d444d

#4b464b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.15:1

White text reads better on this background (9.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b50 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#4c4e4f · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#544c4b · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #553b56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#553b56]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#553b56 (#553b56) is rgb(85, 59, 86) in RGB.

No, #553b56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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