#5559a7

Color #5559a7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5559a7

RGB

rgb(85, 89, 167)

HSL

hsl(237.1, 32.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.1, 49.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.1%, 46.7%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(41, 20.18, -42.64)

LCH

lch(41, 47.17, 295.33)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.1225, 278.78)

HWB

hwb(237.1, 33.3%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a355

Analogous

#5582a7

#5559a7

#7a55a7

Triadic

#5559a7

#a75559

#59a755

Split-complementary

#5559a7

#a77a55

#82a755

Tetradic

#5559a7

#a355a7

#a7a355

#59a755

Square

#5559a7

#a75582

#a7a355

#55a77a

Shades

Color #5559a7 mixed toward black.

#474a8b

#393b6f

#2b2c53

#1c1e38

#0e0f1c

Tints

Color #5559a7 mixed toward white.

#7174b6

#8d90c5

#aaacd3

#c6c7e2

#e3e3f0

Tones

Color #5559a7 mixed toward gray.

#5c5fa0

#636599

#696b92

#70728c

#777885

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#575799 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#575695 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#558c89 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 23.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5559a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5559a7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5559a7 (#5559a7) is rgb(85, 89, 167) in RGB.

No, #5559a7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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