#55577e

Color #55577e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.26 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#55577e

RGB

rgb(85, 87, 126)

HSL

hsl(237.1, 19.4%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.1, 32.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 31%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(38.29, 9.04, -22.2)

LCH

lch(38.29, 23.97, 292.16)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.0629, 281.47)

HWB

hwb(237.1, 33.3%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7c55

Analogous

#556c7e

#55577e

#68557e

Triadic

#55577e

#7e5557

#577e55

Split-complementary

#55577e

#7e6855

#6c7e55

Tetradic

#55577e

#7c557e

#7e7c55

#577e55

Square

#55577e

#7e556c

#7e7c55

#557e68

Shades

Color #55577e mixed toward black.

#474969

#393a54

#2b2c3f

#1c1d2a

#0e0f15

Tints

Color #55577e mixed toward white.

#6a6d9b

#888aaf

#a6a7c3

#c4c4d7

#e1e2eb

Tones

Color #55577e mixed toward gray.

#595a7b

#5c5d77

#5f6074

#636370

#66666d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565676 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#565674 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#556f6e · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55577e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55577e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#55577e (#55577e) is rgb(85, 87, 126) in RGB.

No, #55577e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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