#554d65

Color #554d65

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.2 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#554d65

RGB

rgb(85, 77, 101)

HSL

hsl(260, 13.5%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 23.8%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(34.35, 8.72, -12.74)

LCH

lch(34.35, 15.44, 304.39)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.0401, 300.08)

HWB

hwb(260, 30.2%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d654d

Analogous

#4d5165

#554d65

#614d65

Triadic

#554d65

#65554d

#4d6555

Split-complementary

#554d65

#65614d

#51654d

Tetradic

#554d65

#654d5d

#5d654d

#4d6555

Square

#554d65

#654d51

#5d654d

#4d6561

Shades

Color #554d65 mixed toward black.

#474054

#393343

#2a2633

#1c1a22

#0e0d11

Tints

Color #554d65 mixed toward white.

#6f6584

#8b819f

#a8a1b7

#c5c0cf

#e2e0e7

Tones

Color #554d65 mixed toward gray.

#564f63

#565161

#57535f

#58555d

#58575b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.64:1

White text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525260 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#52535f · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#555c5b · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554d65;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554d65]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#554d65 (#554d65) is rgb(85, 77, 101) in RGB.

No, #554d65 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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