Information about #552B8D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#552B8D is a pleasantly vivid violet that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from KSU Purple (#512888). Slightly further away sit Blue Magenta Violet (#553592) and Regalia (#522D80).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 43, 141) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.1:1. #552B8D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#552B8D color variations
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#552B8D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#552B8D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#552B8D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#552B8D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#552B8D 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 #552B8D color
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Nearest named colors to #552B8D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#512888
#553592
#522D80
#4C2882
#551B8C
#502380
#583580
#652C88
#4B1D8F
#662D91
#4B3C8E
#5B3E90
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#552B8D
- RGB85, 43, 141
- CMYK22, 38, 0, 45
- CSSrgb(85, 43, 141)
- HSL266°, 53%, 36%
- HSL Precise265.714°, 53.261%, 36.078%
- HSV266°, 70%, 55%
- HSB266°, 70%, 55%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.169
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.553
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.169, 0.553)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.169, 0.553, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.169, 0.553)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB16.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.3%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID552B8D
- DECIMAL ID5581709
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
