#555d95

Color #555d95

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.72 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#555d95

RGB

rgb(85, 93, 149)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 27.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 43%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 37.6%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(41.1, 12.03, -31.75)

LCH

lch(41.1, 33.95, 290.75)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.0898, 276.46)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 33.3%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#958d55

Analogous

#557d95

#555d95

#6d5595

Triadic

#555d95

#95555d

#5d9555

Split-complementary

#555d95

#956d55

#7d9555

Tetradic

#555d95

#8d5595

#958d55

#5d9555

Square

#555d95

#95557d

#958d55

#55956d

Shades

Color #555d95 mixed toward black.

#474d7c

#393e63

#2a2e4b

#1c1f32

#0e0f19

Tints

Color #555d95 mixed toward white.

#6d74ac

#8a90bc

#a7accd

#c4c8de

#e2e3ee

Tones

Color #555d95 mixed toward gray.

#5a6190

#60658a

#656985

#6a6d80

#70717a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#59598a · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#585787 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#55817e · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555d95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555d95]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#555d95 (#555d95) is rgb(85, 93, 149) in RGB.

No, #555d95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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