Information about #57495F color
Basic facts about this digital color
A gently muted violet, #57495F sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Chapta And Verse (#574C5E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Aurora (#5A4D60) and Berlin (#554A58).
In RGB terms — rgb(87, 73, 95) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:63), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#57495F color variations
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#57495F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#57495F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#57495F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#57495F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#57495F 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 #57495F color
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Nearest named colors to #57495F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#574C5E
#5A4D60
#554A58
#524D5B
#594259
#544259
#51535D
#595359
#585156
#535359
#4E4259
#585660
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#57495F
- RGB87, 73, 95
- CMYK3, 9, 0, 63
- CSSrgb(87, 73, 95)
- HSL278°, 13%, 33%
- HSL Precise278.182°, 13.095%, 32.941%
- HSV278°, 23%, 37%
- HSB278°, 23%, 37%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.341
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.373
- GLSLvec3(0.341, 0.286, 0.373)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.341, 0.286, 0.373, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.341, 0.286, 0.373)
- Percentage of Red in RGB34.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB37.3%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID57495F
- DECIMAL ID5720415
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
