#6555e5

Color #6555e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 9.75 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6555e5

RGB

rgb(101, 85, 229)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 73.5%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 62.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(45.52, 45.27, -71.18)

LCH

lch(45.52, 84.36, 302.46)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.2091, 282.06)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 33.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5e555

Analogous

#558de5

#6555e5

#ad55e5

Triadic

#6555e5

#e56555

#55e565

Split-complementary

#6555e5

#e5ad55

#8de555

Tetradic

#6555e5

#e555d5

#d5e555

#55e565

Square

#6555e5

#e5558d

#d5e555

#55e5ad

Shades

Color #6555e5 mixed toward black.

#3c28de

#2d1cb6

#221588

#160e5b

#0b072d

Tints

Color #6555e5 mixed toward white.

#7f71e9

#988eee

#b2aaf2

#ccc6f6

#e5e3fb

Tones

Color #6555e5 mixed toward gray.

#6e61d9

#786dcd

#8179c1

#8a85b5

#9491a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.98:1

White text reads better on this background (5.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ece · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#5f61c8 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#64b9b4 · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 29.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6555e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6555e5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#6555e5 (#6555e5) is rgb(101, 85, 229) in RGB.

No, #6555e5 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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