#554e5f

Color #554e5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#554e5f

RGB

rgb(85, 78, 95)

HSL

hsl(264.7, 9.8%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.7, 17.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(34.41, 6.63, -8.87)

LCH

lch(34.41, 11.07, 306.78)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.0289, 303.86)

HWB

hwb(264.7, 30.6%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#585f4e

Analogous

#4e4f5f

#554e5f

#5d4e5f

Triadic

#554e5f

#5f554e

#4e5f55

Split-complementary

#554e5f

#5f5d4e

#4f5f4e

Tetradic

#554e5f

#5f4e58

#585f4e

#4e5f55

Square

#554e5f

#5f4e4f

#585f4e

#4e5f5d

Shades

Color #554e5f mixed toward black.

#47414f

#39343f

#2a272f

#1c1a20

#0e0d10

Tints

Color #554e5f mixed toward white.

#71677e

#8d849a

#a9a2b3

#c6c1cc

#e2e0e6

Tones

Color #554e5f mixed toward gray.

#554f5e

#55515c

#56525b

#565459

#565558

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.64:1

White text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52525b · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#52535a · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#555857 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #554e5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554e5f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#554e5f (#554e5f) is rgb(85, 78, 95) in RGB.

No, #554e5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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