#552970

Color #552970

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.92 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#552970

RGB

rgb(85, 41, 112)

HSL

hsl(277.2, 46.4%, 30%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.2, 63.4%, 43.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.1%, 63.4%, 0%, 56.1%)

LAB

lab(25.82, 33.83, -33.07)

LCH

lch(25.82, 47.31, 315.65)

OKLCH

oklch(37.5%, 0.1222, 310.39)

HWB

hwb(277.2, 16.1%, 56.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#447029

Analogous

#322970

#552970

#702967

Triadic

#552970

#705529

#297055

Split-complementary

#552970

#677029

#297032

Tetradic

#552970

#702944

#447029

#297055

Square

#552970

#703229

#447029

#296770

Shades

Color #552970 mixed toward black.

#47225d

#391b4b

#2b1538

#1c0e25

#0e0713

Tints

Color #552970 mixed toward white.

#76399c

#9551bf

#b07ccf

#caa8df

#e5d3ef

Tones

Color #552970 mixed toward gray.

#542f6a

#523564

#513b5e

#4f4158

#4e4752

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.94:1

White text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464664 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#484b61 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#535a57 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#3d3d3d · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #552970;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#552970]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#552970 (#552970) is rgb(85, 41, 112) in RGB.

No, #552970 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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