#554d59

Color #554d59

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#554d59

RGB

rgb(85, 77, 89)

HSL

hsl(280, 7.2%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 13.5%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(33.9, 5.87, -5.84)

LCH

lch(33.9, 8.28, 315.15)

OKLCH

oklch(43.2%, 0.0219, 314.63)

HWB

hwb(280, 30.2%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51594d

Analogous

#4f4d59

#554d59

#594d57

Triadic

#554d59

#59554d

#4d5955

Split-complementary

#554d59

#57594d

#4d594f

Tetradic

#554d59

#594d51

#51594d

#4d5955

Square

#554d59

#594f4d

#51594d

#4d5759

Shades

Color #554d59 mixed toward black.

#47404a

#39333b

#2a262c

#1c1a1e

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #554d59 mixed toward white.

#726878

#8f8495

#aba3af

#c7c1ca

#e3e0e4

Tones

Color #554d59 mixed toward gray.

#554e58

#544f57

#545056

#545155

#535254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.59:1

White text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525256 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#525356 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#555454 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 8.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554d59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554d59]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#554d59 (#554d59) is rgb(85, 77, 89) in RGB.

No, #554d59 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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