#55199E#55199E

#55199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.192 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55199E
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 52.74, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 79.81, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0857 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.192 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2639, 5.0949, 32.7838)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55199E #629E19

analogous

#191F9E #55199E #97199E

triadic

#55199E #9E5519 #199E55

tetradic

#55199E #9E191F #629E19 #199E97

square

#55199E #9E191F #629E19 #199E97

split-complementary

#55199E #9E9719 #1F9E19

monochromatic

#1C0834 #391169 #55199E #7121D3 #914EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#55199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55199E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55199E	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.192 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fbc',
    500: '#55199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55199e;
$custom-light: #8d5fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.068,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39512,
    "c": 0.19196,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55199E

secondary

#8FC54E

accent

#EF389D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #55199E

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

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