Information about #55056B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A intensely saturated magenta, #55056B carries a shadowy depth. Expect to see shades like this in night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Sunset Purple (#490960). Nearby in the Register you will also find Deep Heliotrope (#4E0059) and Metallic Purple (#520E7D).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(85, 5, 107)), which gives #55056B its character. If you plan to put text on a #55056B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 13.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #55056B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#55056B color variations
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#55056B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#55056B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#55056B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#55056B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#55056B 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 #55056B color
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Nearest named colors to #55056B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#490960
#4E0059
#520E7D
#68075F
#480656
#4B0082
#430059
#571B7E
#410056
#59004E
#5D1451
#5C246E
#55056B color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#55056B
- RGB85, 5, 107
- CMYK9, 40, 0, 58
- CSSrgb(85, 5, 107)
- HSL287°, 91%, 22%
- HSL Precise287.059°, 91.071%, 21.961%
- HSV287°, 95%, 42%
- HSB287°, 95%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.020
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.020, 0.420)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.020, 0.420, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.020, 0.420)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID55056B
- DECIMAL ID5571947
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
