#554c59

Color #554c59

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#554c59

RGB

rgb(85, 76, 89)

HSL

hsl(281.5, 7.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(281.5, 14.6%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(33.61, 6.51, -6.27)

LCH

lch(33.61, 9.04, 316.08)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.024, 315.51)

HWB

hwb(281.5, 29.8%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50594c

Analogous

#4f4c59

#554c59

#594c57

Triadic

#554c59

#59554c

#4c5955

Split-complementary

#554c59

#57594c

#4c594f

Tetradic

#554c59

#594c50

#50594c

#4c5955

Square

#554c59

#594f4c

#50594c

#4c5759

Shades

Color #554c59 mixed toward black.

#473f4a

#39333b

#2b262d

#1c191e

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #554c59 mixed toward white.

#736778

#908395

#aba2b0

#c7c1ca

#e3e0e5

Tones

Color #554c59 mixed toward gray.

#554d58

#544e57

#544f56

#535055

#535254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515156 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#525255 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#555453 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554c59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554c59]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#554c59 (#554c59) is rgb(85, 76, 89) in RGB.

No, #554c59 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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