#5548bb

Color #5548bb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.42 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#5548bb

RGB

rgb(85, 72, 187)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 45.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 61.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(38.12, 37.13, -59.09)

LCH

lch(38.12, 69.79, 302.14)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.1739, 282.82)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 28.2%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aebb48

Analogous

#4875bb

#5548bb

#8f48bb

Triadic

#5548bb

#bb5548

#48bb55

Split-complementary

#5548bb

#bb8f48

#75bb48

Tetradic

#5548bb

#bb48ae

#aebb48

#48bb55

Square

#5548bb

#bb4875

#aebb48

#48bb8f

Shades

Color #5548bb mixed toward black.

#463b9d

#382f7e

#2a235e

#1c173f

#0e0c1f

Tints

Color #5548bb mixed toward white.

#7167c6

#8e85d2

#aaa4dd

#c6c2e8

#e3e1f4

Tones

Color #5548bb mixed toward gray.

#5d52b1

#645ba8

#6b659e

#736e95

#7a788b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.03:1

White text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5050a8 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#5051a3 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#549793 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5548bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5548bb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5548bb (#5548bb) is rgb(85, 72, 187) in RGB.

No, #5548bb 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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