#55199C#55199C

#55199C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.190 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55199C
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 52.25, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 78.81, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0865 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.19 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0931, 5.0266, 31.8845)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55199C #609C19

analogous

#191E9C #55199C #96199C

triadic

#55199C #9C5519 #199C55

tetradic

#55199C #9C191E #609C19 #199C96

square

#55199C #9C191E #609C19 #199C96

split-complementary

#55199C #9C9619 #1E9C19

monochromatic

#1C0833 #381167 #55199C #7221D1 #914DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#55199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#55199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55199C

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55199C	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.190 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fba',
    500: '#55199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55199c;
$custom-light: #8d5fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.481,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3932,
    "c": 0.18992,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55199C

secondary

#8DC44C

accent

#EF399C

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #55199C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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