#55516e

Color #55516e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 16.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#55516e

RGB

rgb(85, 81, 110)

HSL

hsl(248.3, 15.2%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.3, 26.4%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(35.87, 8.48, -16.05)

LCH

lch(35.87, 18.15, 297.85)

OKLCH

oklch(45%, 0.0472, 290.74)

HWB

hwb(248.3, 31.8%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a6e51

Analogous

#515c6e

#55516e

#64516e

Triadic

#55516e

#6e5551

#516e55

Split-complementary

#55516e

#6e6451

#5c6e51

Tetradic

#55516e

#6e516a

#6a6e51

#516e55

Square

#55516e

#6e515c

#6a6e51

#516e64

Shades

Color #55516e mixed toward black.

#47445c

#393649

#2b2937

#1c1b25

#0e0e12

Tints

Color #55516e mixed toward white.

#6d688d

#8985a5

#a7a3bb

#c4c2d2

#e2e0e8

Tones

Color #55516e mixed toward gray.

#57546c

#595669

#5a5867

#5c5b64

#5e5d62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.79:1

White text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535368 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#545466 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#556362 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55516e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55516e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#55516e (#55516e) is rgb(85, 81, 110) in RGB.

No, #55516e 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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