#555265

Color #555265

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.8 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#555265

RGB

rgb(85, 82, 101)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 10.4%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 18.8%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(35.8, 5.56, -10.53)

LCH

lch(35.8, 11.91, 297.83)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.0309, 292.42)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 32.2%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#626552

Analogous

#525965

#555265

#5f5265

Triadic

#555265

#655552

#526555

Split-complementary

#555265

#655f52

#596552

Tetradic

#555265

#655262

#626552

#526555

Square

#555265

#655259

#626552

#52655f

Shades

Color #555265 mixed toward black.

#474454

#393743

#2b2933

#1c1b22

#0e0e11

Tints

Color #555265 mixed toward white.

#6e6a83

#8a879d

#a7a5b6

#c5c3ce

#e2e1e7

Tones

Color #555265 mixed toward gray.

#565463

#575562

#585760

#59585f

#5a5a5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545461 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#545460 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#555d5d · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 10.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555265;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555265]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#555265 (#555265) is rgb(85, 82, 101) in RGB.

No, #555265 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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