#5533ff Color Information

#5533ff Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #5533ff, and its official name is Meteor Shower. In RGB, it consists of 33.3% Red, 20.0% Green, and 100.0% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 66.7% Cyan, 80% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 250.0°, with saturation of 100% and lightness of 60%. The decimal value for #5533ff is 5583871, and its nearest "web safe" color is #6633ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #5533ff is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#5533ff Copy
  • NameThe common name of this colorMeteor Shower Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color85, 51, 255 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color33.3%, 20.0%, 100.0% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.667, 0.800, 0.000 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.667, 0.8, 0, 0 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color250.0°, 100.0%, 60.0% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color250.0°, 80.0%, 100.0% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color22.980, 11.519, 95.620 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color85, 51, 255 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code5583871 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color40.441, 68.208, -94.213 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)40.441, 116.312, 305.903 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color40.441, -3.880, -133.290 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color33.940, 61.466, -143.284 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.177, 0.089, 11.519 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4283773951 / 0xff5533ff Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#6633ff Copy
Last Updated: December 1, 2024

Shades of #5533ff

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #5533ff, its pure hue is 250.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, and its lightness is 60.0%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #5533ff, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #0b0620 to #4a2ddf.

Tints of #5533ff

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #5533ff, its pure hue is 250.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, and its lightness is 60.0%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #5533ff, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #6a4dff to #eae6ff.

Tones of #5533ff

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #5533ff, its pure hue is 250.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 100.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #5533ff, which range from #999999 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #5533ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #5533ff

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #5533ff! For #5533ff, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #5533ff. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #5533ff

This color, #5533ff, consists of 33.3% Red, 20.0% Green, and 100.0% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 85, Green = 51, Blue = 255. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #5533ff is 66.7% Cyan, 80% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R33.3%
C66.7%
G20.0%
M80.0%
B100.0%
Y0.0%
K0.0%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 85 51 255
Octal 125 63 377
Hexa #55 #33 #ff
Binary 01010101 00110011 11111111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 66 80 0 0
Octal 102 120 0 0
Hexa #42 #50 #00 #00
Binary 01000010 01010000 00000000 00000000

Analogous Colors of #5533ff

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #5533ff — which has hue 250.0° — its analogous colors are located at 220.0° and 280.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #5533ff.

Triadic Colors of #5533ff

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #5533ff — which has hue 250.0° — its triadic colors are located at 10.0° and 250.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #5533ff.

Complementary Color of #5533ff

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #5533ff — which has hue 250.0° — its complementary color is located at 70.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #5533ff.

Split Complementary Colors of #5533ff

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #5533ff — which has hue 250.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 40.0° and 250.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #5533ff.

Tetradic Colors of #5533ff

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #5533ff — which has hue 250.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 160.0°, 250.0°, 340.0°, and 70.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #5533ff.

Monochromatic Colors of #5533ff

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #5533ff, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #2200cc — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #aa99ff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #5533ff

We want to make getting started with #5533ff on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #5533ff into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #5533ff can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #5533ff with other HTML elements.

#5533ff Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #5533ff.
<span style="color: #5533ff;">The color of this text is #5533ff.</span>

#5533ff Background Color

The background color for this text is #5533ff.
<div style="background-color: #5533ff; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #5533ff.</div>

#5533ff Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #5533ff.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #5533ff;">This color for the shadow of this text is #5533ff.</span>

#5533ff Border Color

This is a div with border color #5533ff.
<div style="border: #5533ff 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #5533ff.</div>

#5533ff Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #5533ff on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #5533ff; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #5533ff on a white background.</div></div>

#5533ff Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #5533ff on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #5533ff; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #5533ff on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #5533ff to White

This is a gradient from #5533ff to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#5533ff,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#5533ff,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#5533ff,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#5533ff,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #5533ff to white.</div>

Gradient from #5533ff to Black

This is a gradient from #5533ff to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#5533ff,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#5533ff,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#5533ff,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#5533ff,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #5533ff to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #5533ff

In addition to using #5533ff on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #5533ff in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #5533ff, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 85, Green = 51, Blue = 255). If you need details about the color coordinates of #5533ff in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #5533ff
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(85, 51, 255)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #5533ff; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #5533ff; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #5533ff; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(85, 51, 255);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#5533ff")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:85, green:51, blue:255, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:85 green:51 blue:255 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(85f, 51f, 255f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(85, 51, 255);
 

#5533ff Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #5533ff the same way. For those with color blindness, #5533ff might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #5533ff looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #5533ff is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #5533ff looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #5533ff will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #5533ff is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 6.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #5533ff would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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