Information about #55405D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#55405D presents itself as a softly toned twilight violet — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to English Violet (#563C5C). Slightly further away sit Dark Grayish Mulberry (#544259) and Dark Grayish Magenta (#594259).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 64, 93) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #55405D: 9.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:64) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#55405D color variations
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#55405D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#55405D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#55405D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#55405D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#55405D 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 #55405D color
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Nearest named colors to #55405D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#563C5C
#544259
#594259
#4E4259
#594254
#554A58
#574C5E
#504351
#524D5B
#484259
#5D3954
#5A4D60
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#55405D
- RGB85, 64, 93
- CMYK3, 11, 0, 64
- CSSrgb(85, 64, 93)
- HSL283°, 18%, 31%
- HSL Precise283.448°, 18.471%, 30.784%
- HSV283°, 31%, 36%
- HSB283°, 31%, 36%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.251
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.365
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.251, 0.365)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.251, 0.365, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.251, 0.365)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB25.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB36.5%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID55405D
- DECIMAL ID5587037
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
