#553f7e

Color #553f7e

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#553f7e

RGB

rgb(85, 63, 126)

HSL

hsl(261, 33.3%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261, 50%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 50%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(31.79, 24.32, -32.41)

LCH

lch(31.79, 40.52, 306.88)

OKLCH

oklch(42.2%, 0.1032, 297.95)

HWB

hwb(261, 24.7%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#687e3f

Analogous

#3f497e

#553f7e

#753f7e

Triadic

#553f7e

#7e553f

#3f7e55

Split-complementary

#553f7e

#7e753f

#497e3f

Tetradic

#553f7e

#7e3f68

#687e3f

#3f7e55

Square

#553f7e

#7e3f49

#687e3f

#3f7e75

Shades

Color #553f7e mixed toward black.

#473569

#392a54

#2b203f

#1c152a

#0e0b15

Tints

Color #553f7e mixed toward white.

#6d51a2

#8970b8

#a794ca

#c4b8db

#e2dbed

Tones

Color #553f7e mixed toward gray.

#574479

#584a74

#5a4f6e

#5b5469

#5d5964

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c73 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#4e4f70 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#546866 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #553f7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#553f7e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#553f7e (#553f7e) is rgb(85, 63, 126) in RGB.

No, #553f7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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