#5555a2

Color #5555a2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5555a2

RGB

rgb(85, 85, 162)

HSL

hsl(240, 31.2%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 47.5%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 47.5%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(39.64, 21.14, -41.84)

LCH

lch(39.64, 46.88, 296.81)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.121, 280.96)

HWB

hwb(240, 33.3%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2a255

Analogous

#557ba2

#5555a2

#7b55a2

Triadic

#5555a2

#a25555

#55a255

Split-complementary

#5555a2

#a27b55

#7ba255

Tetradic

#5555a2

#a255a2

#a2a255

#55a255

Square

#5555a2

#a2557b

#a2a255

#55a27b

Shades

Color #5555a2 mixed toward black.

#474787

#39396c

#2a2a51

#1c1c36

#0e0e1b

Tints

Color #5555a2 mixed toward white.

#6f6fb4

#8c8cc3

#a9a9d2

#c5c5e1

#e2e2f0

Tones

Color #5555a2 mixed toward gray.

#5b5b9c

#626295

#68688f

#6f6f88

#757582

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.21:1

White text reads better on this background (6.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555594 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#555590 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#558785 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5555a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5555a2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5555a2 (#5555a2) is rgb(85, 85, 162) in RGB.

No, #5555a2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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