#554e58

Color #554e58

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#554e58

RGB

rgb(85, 78, 88)

HSL

hsl(282, 6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282, 11.4%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(34.16, 5.02, -4.82)

LCH

lch(34.16, 6.96, 316.16)

OKLCH

oklch(43.4%, 0.0185, 315.87)

HWB

hwb(282, 30.6%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51584e

Analogous

#504e58

#554e58

#584e56

Triadic

#554e58

#58554e

#4e5855

Split-complementary

#554e58

#56584e

#4e5850

Tetradic

#554e58

#584e51

#51584e

#4e5855

Square

#554e58

#58504e

#51584e

#4e5658

Shades

Color #554e58 mixed toward black.

#474149

#39343b

#2a272c

#1c1a1d

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #554e58 mixed toward white.

#726976

#8f8593

#aba4ae

#c7c2c9

#e3e1e4

Tones

Color #554e58 mixed toward gray.

#554f57

#545056

#545055

#545155

#535254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525256 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#525355 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#555453 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 7.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #554e58;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554e58]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#554e58 (#554e58) is rgb(85, 78, 88) in RGB.

No, #554e58 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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