#55455e

Color #55455e

A muted dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 16.31 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#55455e

RGB

rgb(85, 69, 94)

HSL

hsl(278.4, 15.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.4, 26.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(31.8, 12.13, -12.19)

LCH

lch(31.8, 17.2, 314.86)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.0454, 313.22)

HWB

hwb(278.4, 27.1%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e5e45

Analogous

#49455e

#55455e

#5e455b

Triadic

#55455e

#5e5545

#455e55

Split-complementary

#55455e

#5b5e45

#455e49

Tetradic

#55455e

#5e454e

#4e5e45

#455e55

Square

#55455e

#5e4945

#4e5e45

#455b5e

Shades

Color #55455e mixed toward black.

#473a4e

#392e3f

#2b232f

#1c171f

#0e0c10

Tints

Color #55455e mixed toward white.

#735e7f

#907a9d

#ac9bb6

#c8bcce

#e3dee7

Tones

Color #55455e mixed toward gray.

#55475c

#54495a

#534b58

#534d56

#525054

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4e59 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#4f5157 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#545453 · ΔE 15.8

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55455e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55455e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#55455e (#55455e) is rgb(85, 69, 94) in RGB.

No, #55455e 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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