#55519a

Color #55519a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#55519a

RGB

rgb(85, 81, 154)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 31.1%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 47.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 47.4%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(38.11, 21.18, -39.49)

LCH

lch(38.11, 44.81, 298.21)

OKLCH

oklch(47.5%, 0.1151, 283.57)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 31.8%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969a51

Analogous

#51729a

#55519a

#7a519a

Triadic

#55519a

#9a5551

#519a55

Split-complementary

#55519a

#9a7a51

#729a51

Tetradic

#55519a

#9a5196

#969a51

#519a55

Square

#55519a

#9a5172

#969a51

#519a7a

Shades

Color #55519a mixed toward black.

#474380

#393667

#2b284d

#1c1b33

#0e0d1a

Tints

Color #55519a mixed toward white.

#6d69b0

#8a87c0

#a7a5d0

#c5c3df

#e2e1ef

Tones

Color #55519a mixed toward gray.

#5a5794

#605d8e

#656388

#6b6982

#706f7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.03:1

White text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53538d · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#545489 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#55817e · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 22.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55519a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55519a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#55519a (#55519a) is rgb(85, 81, 154) in RGB.

No, #55519a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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