#554e59

Color #554e59

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.6 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#554e59

RGB

rgb(85, 78, 89)

HSL

hsl(278.2, 6.6%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.2, 12.4%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(34.19, 5.24, -5.4)

LCH

lch(34.19, 7.52, 314.14)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.0199, 313.57)

HWB

hwb(278.2, 30.6%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52594e

Analogous

#4f4e59

#554e59

#594e57

Triadic

#554e59

#59554e

#4e5955

Split-complementary

#554e59

#57594e

#4e594f

Tetradic

#554e59

#594e52

#52594e

#4e5955

Square

#554e59

#594f4e

#52594e

#4e5759

Shades

Color #554e59 mixed toward black.

#47414a

#39343b

#2a272c

#1c1a1e

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #554e59 mixed toward white.

#726977

#8f8594

#aba4af

#c7c2ca

#e3e1e4

Tones

Color #554e59 mixed toward gray.

#554f58

#545057

#545156

#545255

#545254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525256 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#525356 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#555454 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 7.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554e59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554e59]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#554e59 (#554e59) is rgb(85, 78, 89) in RGB.

No, #554e59 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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