#55697c

Color #55697c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#55697c

RGB

rgb(85, 105, 124)

HSL

hsl(209.2, 18.7%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.2, 31.5%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(43.49, -2.6, -13.01)

LCH

lch(43.49, 13.27, 258.7)

OKLCH

oklch(51.2%, 0.0387, 247.21)

HWB

hwb(209.2, 33.3%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c6855

Analogous

#557c7c

#55697c

#55567c

Triadic

#55697c

#7c5569

#697c55

Split-complementary

#55697c

#7c5556

#7c7c55

Tetradic

#55697c

#68557c

#7c6855

#697c55

Square

#55697c

#7c557c

#7c6855

#567c55

Shades

Color #55697c mixed toward black.

#475867

#394653

#2a353e

#1c2329

#0e1215

Tints

Color #55697c mixed toward white.

#6a8299

#889bad

#a6b4c2

#c3cdd6

#e1e6eb

Tones

Color #55697c mixed toward gray.

#586979

#5c6976

#5f6972

#62696f

#65696c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.7:1

White text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e78 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#5d5c77 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#567473 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55697c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55697c]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#55697c (#55697c) is rgb(85, 105, 124) in RGB.

No, #55697c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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