Information about #552E93 color

#552E93 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#552E93 falls into the Violet Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 46, 147) — 33.3% red, 18% green, 57.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 40 / 0 / 42. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #552E93 reads as a pleasantly vivid blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Blue Magenta Violet (#553592). Slightly further away sit KSU Purple (#512888) and Roku Purple (#662D91).

The recipe behind #552E93 is rgb(85, 46, 147), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #552E93: 9.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. No one has named #552E93 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#552E93 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#552E93 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #552E93

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#552E93
  • RGB85, 46, 147
  • CMYK24, 40, 0, 42
  • CSSrgb(85, 46, 147)
  • HSL263°, 52%, 38%
  • HSL Precise263.168°, 52.332%, 37.843%
  • HSV263°, 69%, 58%
  • HSB263°, 69%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.180
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.180, 0.576)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.180, 0.576, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.180, 0.576)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB18%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.6%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID552E93
  • DECIMAL ID5582483
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01