#551e72

Color #551e72

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 13.56 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#551e72

RGB

rgb(85, 30, 114)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 58.3%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 73.7%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(23.92, 39.96, -37.42)

LCH

lch(23.92, 54.75, 316.88)

OKLCH

oklch(36.2%, 0.1408, 311.29)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 11.8%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b721e

Analogous

#2b1e72

#551e72

#721e65

Triadic

#551e72

#72551e

#1e7255

Split-complementary

#551e72

#65721e

#1e722b

Tetradic

#551e72

#721e3b

#3b721e

#1e7255

Square

#551e72

#722b1e

#3b721e

#1e6572

Shades

Color #551e72 mixed toward black.

#47195f

#39144c

#2a0f39

#1c0a26

#0e0513

Tints

Color #551e72 mixed toward white.

#792ba2

#9b3ecc

#b46ed9

#cd9ee6

#e6cff2

Tones

Color #551e72 mixed toward gray.

#53256b

#512c64

#4e335d

#4c3a56

#4a414f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.81:1

White text reads better on this background (11.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#444365 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#464962 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#535957 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#393939 · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #551e72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#551e72]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#551e72 (#551e72) is rgb(85, 30, 114) in RGB.

No, #551e72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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