#554e57

Color #554e57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#554e57

RGB

rgb(85, 78, 87)

HSL

hsl(286.7, 5.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.7, 10.3%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(34.12, 4.8, -4.24)

LCH

lch(34.12, 6.4, 318.54)

OKLCH

oklch(43.4%, 0.0171, 318.56)

HWB

hwb(286.7, 30.6%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50574e

Analogous

#514e57

#554e57

#574e55

Triadic

#554e57

#57554e

#4e5755

Split-complementary

#554e57

#55574e

#4e5751

Tetradic

#554e57

#574e50

#50574e

#4e5755

Square

#554e57

#57514e

#50574e

#4e5557

Shades

Color #554e57 mixed toward black.

#474149

#39343a

#2b272c

#1c1a1d

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #554e57 mixed toward white.

#736975

#908692

#aba4ae

#c7c2c9

#e3e1e4

Tones

Color #554e57 mixed toward gray.

#554f56

#545056

#545055

#535154

#535253

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525255 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#525354 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#555353 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554e57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554e57]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#554e57 (#554e57) is rgb(85, 78, 87) in RGB.

No, #554e57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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