#555fad

Color #555fad

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#555fad

RGB

rgb(85, 95, 173)

HSL

hsl(233.2, 34.9%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.2, 50.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.9%, 45.1%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(42.96, 18.31, -43.06)

LCH

lch(42.96, 46.79, 293.04)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.1229, 275.7)

HWB

hwb(233.2, 33.3%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ada355

Analogous

#558bad

#555fad

#7755ad

Triadic

#555fad

#ad555f

#5fad55

Split-complementary

#555fad

#ad7755

#8bad55

Tetradic

#555fad

#a355ad

#ada355

#5fad55

Square

#555fad

#ad558b

#ada355

#55ad77

Shades

Color #555fad mixed toward black.

#464f91

#383f74

#2a2f57

#1c1f3a

#0e101d

Tints

Color #555fad mixed toward white.

#717abb

#8e94c8

#aaafd6

#c6cae4

#e3e4f1

Tones

Color #555fad mixed toward gray.

#5c65a6

#646a9e

#6b7097

#727690

#7a7b88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595a9f · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#59589b · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#56928f · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #555fad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555fad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#555fad (#555fad) is rgb(85, 95, 173) in RGB.

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

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