#5550d4

Color #5550d4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5550d4

RGB

rgb(85, 80, 212)

HSL

hsl(242.3, 60.6%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.3, 62.3%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(41.88, 40.27, -67.48)

LCH

lch(41.88, 78.58, 300.83)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.1964, 278.67)

HWB

hwb(242.3, 31.4%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfd450

Analogous

#508dd4

#5550d4

#9750d4

Triadic

#5550d4

#d45550

#50d455

Split-complementary

#5550d4

#d49750

#8dd450

Tetradic

#5550d4

#d450cf

#cfd450

#50d455

Square

#5550d4

#d4508d

#cfd450

#50d497

Shades

Color #5550d4 mixed toward black.

#3630c4

#2b269c

#201d75

#15134e

#0b0a27

Tints

Color #5550d4 mixed toward white.

#716ddb

#8e8ae2

#aaa8ea

#c6c5f1

#e3e2f8

Tones

Color #5550d4 mixed toward gray.

#5f5bc9

#6966be

#7471b3

#7e7ca8

#88879d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5353bf · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5354b9 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#55aba6 · ΔE 41

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5550d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5550d4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5550d4 (#5550d4) is rgb(85, 80, 212) in RGB.

No, #5550d4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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