#554cb4

Color #554cb4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#554cb4

RGB

rgb(85, 76, 180)

HSL

hsl(245.2, 40.9%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.2, 57.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(38.54, 32.48, -54.28)

LCH

lch(38.54, 63.26, 300.9)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.1592, 282.59)

HWB

hwb(245.2, 29.8%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abb44c

Analogous

#4c77b4

#554cb4

#894cb4

Triadic

#554cb4

#b4554c

#4cb455

Split-complementary

#554cb4

#b4894c

#77b44c

Tetradic

#554cb4

#b44cab

#abb44c

#4cb455

Square

#554cb4

#b44c77

#abb44c

#4cb489

Shades

Color #554cb4 mixed toward black.

#473f96

#383278

#2a265a

#1c193c

#0e0d1e

Tints

Color #554cb4 mixed toward white.

#716ac0

#8e88cd

#aaa6d9

#c6c3e6

#e3e1f2

Tones

Color #554cb4 mixed toward gray.

#5c55ab

#635da3

#6b669a

#726f91

#797789

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.08:1

White text reads better on this background (6.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151a2 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#52529e · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#55938f · ΔE 35.7

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554cb4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554cb4]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#554cb4 (#554cb4) is rgb(85, 76, 180) in RGB.

No, #554cb4 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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