Information about #55567E color

#55567E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #55567E is classified in the Register under the Blue Color Family, with Low Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 86, 126) — 33.3% red, 33.7% green, 49.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 16 / 16 / 0 / 51. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained deep-sea blue, #55567E feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dusk (#4E5481). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rustic Blue (#525D80) and Lifesaver (#535E7F).

The recipe behind #55567E is rgb(85, 86, 126), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #55567E background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 7.0:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.0:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#55567E color variations

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#55567E 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 #55567E

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

Dusk color link
Dusk

#4E5481

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Purple Navy color link
Purple Navy

#4E5180

Hendrix color link
Hendrix

#4C567C

Safflower color link
Safflower

#5A4F74

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Twilight color link
Twilight

#4E518B

Chambray color link
Chambray

#475877

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Gigas color link
Gigas

#564786

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#55567E
  • RGB85, 86, 126
  • CMYK16, 16, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(85, 86, 126)
  • HSL239°, 19%, 41%
  • HSL Precise238.537°, 19.431%, 41.373%
  • HSV239°, 33%, 49%
  • HSB239°, 33%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.337, 0.494)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.337, 0.494, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.337, 0.494)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID55567E
  • DECIMAL ID5592702
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01