#55208A#55208A

#55208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.164 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55208A
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 44.91, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 66.44, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.0863 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.164 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8492, 4.7993, 24.5000)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55208A #558A20

analogous

#20208A #55208A #8A208A

triadic

#55208A #8A5520 #208A55

tetradic

#55208A #8A2020 #558A20 #208A8A

square

#55208A #8A2020 #558A20 #208A8A

split-complementary

#55208A #8A8A20 #208A20

monochromatic

#180927 #361458 #55208A #742CBC #924ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#55208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#55208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55208A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55208A	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.164 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61ad',
    500: '#55208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55208a;
$custom-light: #8a61ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38363,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55208A

secondary

#83B94D

accent

#E54294

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55208A

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

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