#550be9

Color #550be9

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class violet-700 #7008e7 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#550be9

RGB

rgb(85, 11, 233)

HSL

hsl(260, 91%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 95.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 95.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(34.09, 74.21, -92.32)

LCH

lch(34.09, 118.45, 308.79)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.2726, 282.5)

HWB

hwb(260, 4.3%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fe90b

Analogous

#0b30e9

#550be9

#c40be9

Triadic

#550be9

#e9550b

#0be955

Split-complementary

#550be9

#e9c40b

#30e90b

Tetradic

#550be9

#e90b9f

#9fe90b

#0be955

Square

#550be9

#e90b30

#9fe90b

#0be9c4

Shades

Color #550be9 mixed toward black.

#4709c2

#39079b

#2a0574

#1c044e

#0e0227

Tints

Color #550be9 mixed toward white.

#6e2bf5

#8b56f7

#a880f9

#c5aafb

#e2d5fd

Tones

Color #550be9 mixed toward gray.

#5b1dd6

#6130c4

#6742b1

#6e559f

#74678c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4141ce · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#4448c7 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#53b5af · ΔE 51.1

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #550be9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#550be9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#550be9 (#550be9) is rgb(85, 11, 233) in RGB.

No, #550be9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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