#555bca

Color #555bca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 6.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#555bca

RGB

rgb(85, 91, 202)

HSL

hsl(236.9, 52.5%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.9, 57.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.9%, 55%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(43.77, 30.29, -58.66)

LCH

lch(43.77, 66.02, 297.31)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.1693, 276.58)

HWB

hwb(236.9, 33.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cac455

Analogous

#5596ca

#555bca

#8a55ca

Triadic

#555bca

#ca555b

#5bca55

Split-complementary

#555bca

#ca8a55

#96ca55

Tetradic

#555bca

#c455ca

#cac455

#5bca55

Square

#555bca

#ca5596

#cac455

#55ca8a

Shades

Color #555bca mixed toward black.

#393fb6

#2d3392

#22266d

#171949

#0b0d24

Tints

Color #555bca mixed toward white.

#7176d3

#8e92dc

#aaade5

#c6c8ed

#e3e4f6

Tones

Color #555bca mixed toward gray.

#5f64c0

#696db7

#7275ad

#7c7ea3

#868799

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.74:1

White text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5858b7 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#5757b2 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#55a6a2 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555bca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555bca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#555bca (#555bca) is rgb(85, 91, 202) in RGB.

No, #555bca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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