#554f59

Color #554f59

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#554f59

RGB

rgb(85, 79, 89)

HSL

hsl(276, 6%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276, 11.2%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(34.49, 4.61, -4.96)

LCH

lch(34.49, 6.77, 312.91)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.0179, 312.06)

HWB

hwb(276, 31%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53594f

Analogous

#504f59

#554f59

#594f58

Triadic

#554f59

#59554f

#4f5955

Split-complementary

#554f59

#58594f

#4f5950

Tetradic

#554f59

#594f53

#53594f

#4f5955

Square

#554f59

#59504f

#53594f

#4f5859

Shades

Color #554f59 mixed toward black.

#47424a

#39353b

#2a272c

#1c1a1e

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #554f59 mixed toward white.

#726a77

#8e8694

#aaa4af

#c7c3c9

#e3e1e4

Tones

Color #554f59 mixed toward gray.

#555058

#555157

#545156

#545256

#545355

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.65:1

White text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525257 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#535356 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#555554 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 7.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #554f59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#554f59]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#554f59 (#554f59) is rgb(85, 79, 89) in RGB.

No, #554f59 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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