#5559ab

Color #5559ab

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5559ab

RGB

rgb(85, 89, 171)

HSL

hsl(237.2, 33.9%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.2, 50.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.3%, 48%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(41.24, 21.46, -44.63)

LCH

lch(41.24, 49.52, 295.68)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.1283, 278.6)

HWB

hwb(237.2, 33.3%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba755

Analogous

#5584ab

#5559ab

#7c55ab

Triadic

#5559ab

#ab5559

#59ab55

Split-complementary

#5559ab

#ab7c55

#84ab55

Tetradic

#5559ab

#a755ab

#aba755

#59ab55

Square

#5559ab

#ab5584

#aba755

#55ab7c

Shades

Color #5559ab mixed toward black.

#474a8f

#383b72

#2a2c56

#1c1e39

#0e0f1d

Tints

Color #5559ab mixed toward white.

#7175b9

#8e90c7

#aaacd5

#c6c8e3

#e3e3f1

Tones

Color #5559ab mixed toward gray.

#5c5fa4

#63669d

#6a6c96

#72738e

#797a87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#57579c · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#575698 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#558f8c · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5559ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5559ab]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5559ab (#5559ab) is rgb(85, 89, 171) in RGB.

No, #5559ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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