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Recognised as Colour

#554D6D

  • #554D6D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#554D6D is a violet with RGB values 85, 77, 109 and HSL 255°, 17%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#554D6D#554D6D
HEX#554D6D
RGBrgb(85, 77, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.302, 0.4275
RGB percentages33.3%, 30.2%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(255, 17.2%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 29.4%, 42.7%)
CMYK22%, 29.4%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,590,381
CSS custom property--colour: #554D6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#AAB292

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#46526Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#47516Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#505258no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 22.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.2Light slate grey · ΔE 25.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5Steel blue · ΔE 27.6Gray · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 22.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#656D4D
Analogous#4D556D, #654D6D
Triadic#6D554D, #4D6D55
Split complementary#6D654D, #556D4D
Tetradic#6D4D55, #656D4D, #4D6D65

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEB9CD
Lighter +30%#A29BB8
Lighter +20%#867DA3
Lighter +10%#6C628B
Darker −10%#3E384F
Darker −20%#262331
Darker −30%#0F0E13
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#493684
Less saturated −25%#5D5D5D

Channel breakdown

R85
G77
B109
Red85 (33.3%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)17.2%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 4D · B 6D

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