#553be7

Color #553be7

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 14.7 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#553be7

RGB

rgb(85, 59, 231)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 78.2%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 74.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(39.29, 57.74, -82.58)

LCH

lch(39.29, 100.76, 304.96)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.2421, 280.01)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 23.1%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cde73b

Analogous

#3b77e7

#553be7

#ab3be7

Triadic

#553be7

#e7553b

#3be755

Split-complementary

#553be7

#e7ab3b

#77e73b

Tetradic

#553be7

#e73bcd

#cde73b

#3be755

Square

#553be7

#e73b77

#cde73b

#3be7ab

Shades

Color #553be7 mixed toward black.

#371ad7

#2c15ac

#211081

#160b56

#0b052b

Tints

Color #553be7 mixed toward white.

#725ceb

#8e7cef

#aa9df3

#c6bef7

#e3defb

Tones

Color #553be7 mixed toward gray.

#5f49d9

#6958ca

#7366bc

#7d74ae

#87839f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4bce · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#4c4ec7 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#54b7b1 · ΔE 46.9

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 30.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #553be7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#553be7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#553be7 (#553be7) is rgb(85, 59, 231) in RGB.

No, #553be7 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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