#55207E#55207E

#55207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.151 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55207E
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 41.92, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 60.08, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0889 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.151 306)
XYZ	xyz(8.0279, 4.4707, 20.1746)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55207E #497E20

analogous

#26207E #55207E #7E2078

triadic

#55207E #7E5520 #207E55

tetradic

#55207E #7E2620 #497E20 #20787E

square

#55207E #7E2620 #497E20 #20787E

split-complementary

#55207E #787E20 #207E26

monochromatic

#13071C #34144D #55207E #762CAF #9548D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#55207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#55207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55207E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55207E	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.151 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a4',
    500: '#55207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55207e;
$custom-light: #8961a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37359,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.04471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55207E

secondary

#76B149

accent

#E3458A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55207E

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

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