Information about #55048B color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #55048B reads as a pure, full-strength blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Metallic Violet (#5B0A91). Slightly further away sit Indigo (#4B0082) and Metallic Purple (#520E7D).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(85, 4, 139)), which gives #55048B its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #55048B: 11.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#55048B color variations
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#55048B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#55048B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#55048B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#55048B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#55048B color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #55048B color
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Nearest named colors to #55048B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#5B0A91
#4B0082
#520E7D
#551B8C
#460C9D
#571B7E
#4B1D8F
#5400A8
#461B7E
#6004A8
#391285
#720B98
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#55048B
- RGB85, 4, 139
- CMYK21, 53, 0, 45
- CSSrgb(85, 4, 139)
- HSL276°, 94%, 28%
- HSL Precise276°, 94.406%, 28.039%
- HSV276°, 97%, 55%
- HSB276°, 97%, 55%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.016
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.545
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.016, 0.545)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.016, 0.545, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.016, 0.545)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB1.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB54.5%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID55048B
- DECIMAL ID5571723
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
