#554b5f

Color #554b5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#554b5f

RGB

rgb(85, 75, 95)

HSL

hsl(270, 11.8%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 21.1%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(33.54, 8.53, -10.18)

LCH

lch(33.54, 13.28, 309.96)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.0348, 307.53)

HWB

hwb(270, 29.4%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#555f4b

Analogous

#4b4b5f

#554b5f

#5f4b5f

Triadic

#554b5f

#5f554b

#4b5f55

Split-complementary

#554b5f

#5f5f4b

#4b5f4b

Tetradic

#554b5f

#5f4b55

#555f4b

#4b5f55

Square

#554b5f

#5f4b4b

#555f4b

#4b5f5f

Shades

Color #554b5f mixed toward black.

#473e4f

#39323f

#2a252f

#1c1920

#0e0c10

Tints

Color #554b5f mixed toward white.

#71647f

#8e809b

#aaa0b4

#c6c0cd

#e3dfe6

Tones

Color #554b5f mixed toward gray.

#554d5d

#554e5c

#55505a

#555258

#555357

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51515b · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#51525a · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#555756 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554b5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554b5f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#554b5f (#554b5f) is rgb(85, 75, 95) in RGB.

No, #554b5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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