#6553e0

Color #6553e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6553e0

RGB

rgb(101, 83, 224)

HSL

hsl(247.7, 69.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.7, 62.9%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(44.71, 44.91, -69.67)

LCH

lch(44.71, 82.89, 302.81)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.2053, 282.95)

HWB

hwb(247.7, 32.5%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cee053

Analogous

#5387e0

#6553e0

#ac53e0

Triadic

#6553e0

#e06553

#53e065

Split-complementary

#6553e0

#e0ac53

#87e053

Tetradic

#6553e0

#e053ce

#cee053

#53e065

Square

#6553e0

#e05387

#cee053

#53e0ac

Shades

Color #6553e0 mixed toward black.

#3e28d8

#311fad

#251782

#191057

#0c082b

Tints

Color #6553e0 mixed toward white.

#7f70e5

#988cea

#b2a9f0

#ccc6f5

#e5e2fa

Tones

Color #6553e0 mixed toward gray.

#6e5fd4

#776ac9

#7f76bd

#8882b1

#918ea5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.87:1

White text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ec9 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#5f60c3 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#64b5b0 · ΔE 41

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 29

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6553e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6553e0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6553e0 (#6553e0) is rgb(101, 83, 224) in RGB.

No, #6553e0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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