#55475e

Color #55475e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.03 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#55475e

RGB

rgb(85, 71, 94)

HSL

hsl(276.5, 13.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.5, 24.5%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(32.36, 10.85, -11.33)

LCH

lch(32.36, 15.69, 313.76)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.0414, 311.97)

HWB

hwb(276.5, 27.8%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#505e47

Analogous

#4a475e

#55475e

#5e475c

Triadic

#55475e

#5e5547

#475e55

Split-complementary

#55475e

#5c5e47

#475e4a

Tetradic

#55475e

#5e4750

#505e47

#475e55

Square

#55475e

#5e4a47

#505e47

#475c5e

Shades

Color #55475e mixed toward black.

#473b4e

#392f3f

#2b242f

#1c181f

#0e0c10

Tints

Color #55475e mixed toward white.

#73607f

#907c9c

#ab9db5

#c7bece

#e3dee6

Tones

Color #55475e mixed toward gray.

#55495c

#544b5a

#544d58

#534f56

#535155

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.45:1

White text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f59 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#505158 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#545554 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55475e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55475e]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#55475e (#55475e) is rgb(85, 71, 94) in RGB.

No, #55475e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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