#55207D#55207D

#55207D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.150 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55207D
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 74.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 41.67, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 59.54, 314.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.089 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.15 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9637, 4.4451, 19.8365)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55207D #487D20

analogous

#27207D #55207D #7D2076

triadic

#55207D #7D5520 #207D55

tetradic

#55207D #7D2720 #487D20 #20767D

square

#55207D #7D2720 #487D20 #20767D

split-complementary

#55207D #767D20 #207D27

monochromatic

#13071C #34144C #55207D #762CAE #9547D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#55207D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#55207D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55207D

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55207D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55207D	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55207d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.150 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a3',
    500: '#55207d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55207d;
$custom-light: #8961a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55207d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.194,
    "s": 59.236,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37279,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55207D

secondary

#75B049

accent

#E24589

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55207D

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

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