#554d5f

Color #554d5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.05 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#554d5f

RGB

rgb(85, 77, 95)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 10.5%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 18.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(34.12, 7.26, -9.3)

LCH

lch(34.12, 11.8, 307.98)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.0309, 305.24)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 30.2%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#575f4d

Analogous

#4d4e5f

#554d5f

#5e4d5f

Triadic

#554d5f

#5f554d

#4d5f55

Split-complementary

#554d5f

#5f5e4d

#4e5f4d

Tetradic

#554d5f

#5f4d57

#575f4d

#4d5f55

Square

#554d5f

#5f4d4e

#575f4d

#4d5f5e

Shades

Color #554d5f mixed toward black.

#47404f

#39333f

#2a262f

#1c1a20

#0e0d10

Tints

Color #554d5f mixed toward white.

#71667e

#8d829a

#a9a2b3

#c6c1cd

#e2e0e6

Tones

Color #554d5f mixed toward gray.

#554e5d

#55505c

#55515a

#565359

#565457

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52525b · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#52535a · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#555857 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554d5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554d5f]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#554d5f (#554d5f) is rgb(85, 77, 95) in RGB.

No, #554d5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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