#5540f6

Color #5540f6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 16.11 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5540f6

RGB

rgb(85, 64, 246)

HSL

hsl(246.9, 91%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.9, 74%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 74%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(41.61, 59.64, -87.22)

LCH

lch(41.61, 105.66, 304.36)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.2544, 278.11)

HWB

hwb(246.9, 25.1%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1f640

Analogous

#4086f6

#5540f6

#b040f6

Triadic

#5540f6

#f65540

#40f655

Split-complementary

#5540f6

#f6b040

#86f640

Tetradic

#5540f6

#f640e1

#e1f640

#40f655

Square

#5540f6

#f64086

#e1f640

#40f6b0

Shades

Color #5540f6 mixed toward black.

#290ff4

#1f09c5

#170794

#0f0563

#080231

Tints

Color #5540f6 mixed toward white.

#7160f8

#8e80f9

#aaa0fb

#c6bffc

#e3dffe

Tones

Color #5540f6 mixed toward gray.

#614fe7

#6c5ed8

#786ec9

#847db9

#8f8caa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.45:1

White text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4ddb · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#4e4fd4 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#54c3bd · ΔE 47.7

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 31.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5540f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5540f6]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5540f6 (#5540f6) is rgb(85, 64, 246) in RGB.

No, #5540f6 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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