Information about #553959 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#553959 is a gently muted magenta that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from English Violet (#563C5C). Slightly further away sit Voodoo (#533455) and Dark Grayish Mulberry (#544259).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 57, 89) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #553959: 9.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:65), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #553959 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#553959 color variations
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#553959 color tints
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#553959 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#553959 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#553959 color hues
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#553959 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 #553959 color
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Nearest named colors to #553959
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#563C5C
#533455
#544259
#5D3954
#5B3256
#594259
#594254
#4E4259
#593163
#504351
#4F2D54
#4C3D4E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#553959
- RGB85, 57, 89
- CMYK2, 13, 0, 65
- CSSrgb(85, 57, 89)
- HSL293°, 22%, 29%
- HSL Precise292.5°, 21.918%, 28.627%
- HSV293°, 36%, 35%
- HSB293°, 36%, 35%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.349
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.224, 0.349)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.224, 0.349, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.224, 0.349)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB34.9%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID553959
- DECIMAL ID5585241
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
