#554e55

Color #554e55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.68 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#554e55

RGB

rgb(85, 78, 85)

HSL

hsl(300, 4.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 8.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(34.06, 4.36, -3.07)

LCH

lch(34.06, 5.33, 324.85)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.0145, 325.98)

HWB

hwb(300, 30.6%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e554e

Analogous

#524e55

#554e55

#554e52

Triadic

#554e55

#55554e

#4e5555

Split-complementary

#554e55

#52554e

#4e5552

Tetradic

#554e55

#554e4e

#4e554e

#4e5555

Square

#554e55

#55524e

#4e554e

#4e5255

Shades

Color #554e55 mixed toward black.

#474147

#393439

#2b272b

#1c1a1c

#0e0d0e

Tints

Color #554e55 mixed toward white.

#736a73

#908690

#aca5ac

#c8c3c8

#e3e1e3

Tones

Color #554e55 mixed toward gray.

#554f55

#544f54

#535053

#525152

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525253 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#525353 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#555252 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554e55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554e55]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#554e55 (#554e55) is rgb(85, 78, 85) in RGB.

No, #554e55 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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