Information about #554B68 color

#554B68 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#554B68 falls into the Violet Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 75, 104) — 33.3% red, 29.4% green, 40.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 7 / 11 / 0 / 59. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #554B68 reads as a softly toned blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 a hair away from Aurora (#5A4D60). Slightly further away sit Chapta And Verse (#574C5E) and Enigma (#515072).

The recipe behind #554B68 is rgb(85, 75, 104), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 8.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #554B68 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#554B68 color variations

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

#554B68 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 #554B68

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

Aurora color link
Aurora

#5A4D60

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Mulled Wine color link
Mulled Wine

#524D5B

Safflower color link
Safflower

#5A4F74

Maltese color link
Maltese

#585660

Jimmy Dean color link
Jimmy Dean

#51535D

Bellflower color link
Bellflower

#5D3F6A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#554B68
  • RGB85, 75, 104
  • CMYK7, 11, 0, 59
  • CSSrgb(85, 75, 104)
  • HSL261°, 16%, 35%
  • HSL Precise260.69°, 16.201%, 35.098%
  • HSV261°, 28%, 41%
  • HSB261°, 28%, 41%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.294, 0.408)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.294, 0.408, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.294, 0.408)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40.8%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID554B68
  • DECIMAL ID5589864
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01