#552d7d

Color #552d7d

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.08 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#552d7d

RGB

rgb(85, 45, 125)

HSL

hsl(270, 47.1%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 64%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 64%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(27.54, 34.91, -38.57)

LCH

lch(27.54, 52.02, 312.15)

OKLCH

oklch(39%, 0.1316, 303.94)

HWB

hwb(270, 17.6%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#557d2d

Analogous

#2d2d7d

#552d7d

#7d2d7d

Triadic

#552d7d

#7d552d

#2d7d55

Split-complementary

#552d7d

#7d7d2d

#2d7d2d

Tetradic

#552d7d

#7d2d55

#557d2d

#2d7d55

Square

#552d7d

#7d2d2d

#557d2d

#2d7d7d

Shades

Color #552d7d mixed toward black.

#472568

#391e53

#2a163e

#1c0f2a

#0e0715

Tints

Color #552d7d mixed toward white.

#713ca7

#8e58c3

#aa82d2

#c6ace1

#e3d5f0

Tones

Color #552d7d mixed toward gray.

#553476

#553a70

#554169

#554862

#554e5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.06:1

White text reads better on this background (10.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474770 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#494c6c · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#546461 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #552d7d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#552d7d]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#552d7d (#552d7d) is rgb(85, 45, 125) in RGB.

No, #552d7d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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