#55558c

Color #55558c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 18.07 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#55558c

RGB

rgb(85, 85, 140)

HSL

hsl(240, 24.4%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 39.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.3%, 39.3%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(38.41, 14.38, -30.55)

LCH

lch(38.41, 33.77, 295.21)

OKLCH

oklch(47.5%, 0.0879, 282.55)

HWB

hwb(240, 33.3%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8c55

Analogous

#55708c

#55558c

#70558c

Triadic

#55558c

#8c5555

#558c55

Split-complementary

#55558c

#8c7055

#708c55

Tetradic

#55558c

#8c558c

#8c8c55

#558c55

Square

#55558c

#8c5570

#8c8c55

#558c70

Shades

Color #55558c mixed toward black.

#474775

#39395d

#2b2b46

#1c1c2f

#0e0e17

Tints

Color #55558c mixed toward white.

#6b6ba5

#8989b7

#a6a6c9

#c4c4db

#e1e1ed

Tones

Color #55558c mixed toward gray.

#5a5a87

#5e5e83

#63637e

#67677a

#6c6c75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.06:1

White text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555581 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#55557f · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#557876 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55558c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55558c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#55558c (#55558c) is rgb(85, 85, 140) in RGB.

No, #55558c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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