#552a73

Color #552a73

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.02 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#552a73

RGB

rgb(85, 42, 115)

HSL

hsl(275.3, 46.5%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.3, 63.5%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 63.5%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(26.23, 34.02, -34.34)

LCH

lch(26.23, 48.34, 314.73)

OKLCH

oklch(37.9%, 0.1242, 308.79)

HWB

hwb(275.3, 16.5%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48732a

Analogous

#302a73

#552a73

#732a6d

Triadic

#552a73

#73552a

#2a7355

Split-complementary

#552a73

#6d732a

#2a7330

Tetradic

#552a73

#732a48

#48732a

#2a7355

Square

#552a73

#73302a

#48732a

#2a6d73

Shades

Color #552a73 mixed toward black.

#472360

#391c4d

#2a153a

#1c0e26

#0e0713

Tints

Color #552a73 mixed toward white.

#753a9e

#9353c0

#ae7ed0

#c9a9e0

#e4d4ef

Tones

Color #552a73 mixed toward gray.

#54306d

#533667

#523c61

#51425b

#504855

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.97:1

White text reads better on this background (10.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464667 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#484b64 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#535c59 · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #552a73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#552a73]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#552a73 (#552a73) is rgb(85, 42, 115) in RGB.

No, #552a73 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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