#55208C#55208C

#55208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.166 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55208C
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 45.42, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 67.50, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0858 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.166 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.9953, 4.8577, 25.2696)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55208C #578C20

analogous

#20218C #55208C #8B208C

triadic

#55208C #8C5520 #208C55

tetradic

#55208C #8C2021 #578C20 #208C8B

square

#55208C #8C2021 #578C20 #208C8B

split-complementary

#55208C #8C8B20 #218C20

monochromatic

#190928 #37155A #55208C #732BBE #9250D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#55208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#55208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55208C

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55208C	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.166 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61ae',
    500: '#55208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55208c;
$custom-light: #8a61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38536,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55208C

secondary

#85BA4E

accent

#E64295

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55208C

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

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