#55545f

Color #55545f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#55545f

RGB

rgb(85, 84, 95)

HSL

hsl(245.5, 6.1%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.5, 11.6%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(36.17, 2.86, -6.22)

LCH

lch(36.17, 6.85, 294.69)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0177, 289.76)

HWB

hwb(245.5, 32.9%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5f54

Analogous

#54595f

#55545f

#5b545f

Triadic

#55545f

#5f5554

#545f55

Split-complementary

#55545f

#5f5b54

#595f54

Tetradic

#55545f

#5f545e

#5e5f54

#545f55

Square

#55545f

#5f5459

#5e5f54

#545f5b

Shades

Color #55545f mixed toward black.

#47464f

#39383f

#2b2a2f

#1c1c20

#0e0e10

Tints

Color #55545f mixed toward white.

#6f6e7c

#8b8a97

#a8a7b1

#c5c4cb

#e2e2e5

Tones

Color #55545f mixed toward gray.

#56555e

#57565d

#57575c

#58585b

#59595a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55555c · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#55555c · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#555a5a · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55545f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55545f]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#55545f (#55545f) is rgb(85, 84, 95) in RGB.

No, #55545f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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