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#554D7E

#554d7e ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#554d7e is a color from the blue family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 30.2% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.54% cyan, 38.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black. Its hue angle is 249.8°, with 24.14% saturation and 39.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 7.47.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0875

Complementary

  1. #554d7e
  2. #767e4d

Split complementary

  1. #554d7e
  2. #7e6d4d
  3. #5d7e4d

Analogous

  1. #4d5d7e
  2. #554d7e
  3. #6d4d7e

Triadic

  1. #554d7e
  2. #7e554d
  3. #4d7e55

Tetradic

  1. #554d7e
  2. #7e4d76
  3. #767e4d
  4. #4d7e55

Square

  1. #554d7e
  2. #7e4d5d
  3. #767e4d
  4. #4d7e6d

Monochromatic

  1. #15131f
  2. #35304f
  3. #554d7e
  4. #7970a8
  5. #a59fc5

Shades

#554d7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #554d7e
  2. #4d4571
  3. #443e65
  4. #3c3658
  5. #332e4c
  6. #2b273f
  7. #221f32
  8. #1a1726
  9. #110f19
  10. #09080d
  11. #000000

Tints

#554d7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #554d7e
  2. #665f8b
  3. #777198
  4. #8882a5
  5. #9994b2
  6. #aaa6bf
  7. #bbb8cb
  8. #cccad8
  9. #dddbe5
  10. #eeedf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#554d7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #554d7e
  2. #59527e
  3. #5e577e
  4. #625c7f
  5. #66617f
  6. #6b677f
  7. #6f6c7f
  8. #73717f
  9. #777680
  10. #7c7b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #535353 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #545167 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f5480 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f527d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4b565f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #49527f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #49507d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4f526d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-554d7e {
  color: #554d7e;
}
Background
.bg-554d7e {
  background-color: #554d7e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-554d7e {
  border: 2px solid #554d7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #554d7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 77 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 24% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-554d7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #554d7e, #6d4d7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-554d7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 77 126 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 7.47 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.36 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 11.40 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 11.40 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 11.72 #6c3082 Eminence ΔE 11.74 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 13.83 #aab281 Inverted #535353 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#554d7e  rgb(85, 77, 126)  hsl(250, 24%, 40%)  Dark Slate Blue
#767e4d  rgb(118, 126, 77)  hsl(70, 24%, 40%)  Fern Green
#7e554d  rgb(126, 85, 77)  hsl(10, 24%, 40%)  Tuscan Red
#4d7e55  rgb(77, 126, 85)  hsl(130, 24%, 40%)  Fern Green