#55207B#55207B

#55207B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.148 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55207B
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 74%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 41.18, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 58.48, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0894 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.148 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8372, 4.3945, 19.1704)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55207B #467B20

analogous

#27207B #55207B #7B2073

triadic

#55207B #7B5520 #207B55

tetradic

#55207B #7B2720 #467B20 #20737B

square

#55207B #7B2720 #467B20 #20737B

split-complementary

#55207B #737B20 #207B27

monochromatic

#12071A #33134A #55207B #772DAC #9646CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#55207B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55207B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55207B

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55207B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55207B	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55207b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.148 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a2',
    500: '#55207b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55207b;
$custom-light: #8961a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55207b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.945,
    "s": 58.71,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37118,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55207B

secondary

#73AE49

accent

#E24687

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55207B

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

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