#55515a

Color #55515a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#55515a

RGB

rgb(85, 81, 90)

HSL

hsl(266.7, 5.3%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(266.7, 10%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 10%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(35.11, 3.58, -4.66)

LCH

lch(35.11, 5.88, 307.53)

OKLCH

oklch(44.2%, 0.0154, 305.75)

HWB

hwb(266.7, 31.8%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#565a51

Analogous

#51515a

#55515a

#59515a

Triadic

#55515a

#5a5551

#515a55

Split-complementary

#55515a

#5a5951

#515a51

Tetradic

#55515a

#5a5156

#565a51

#515a55

Square

#55515a

#5a5151

#565a51

#515a59

Shades

Color #55515a mixed toward black.

#47434b

#39363c

#2a282d

#1c1b1e

#0e0d0f

Tints

Color #55515a mixed toward white.

#716c78

#8d8894

#aaa6af

#c6c3c9

#e3e1e4

Tones

Color #55515a mixed toward gray.

#555259

#555258

#555358

#555457

#555556

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535358 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#545457 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#555656 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 6.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #55515a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55515a]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#55515a (#55515a) is rgb(85, 81, 90) in RGB.

No, #55515a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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