#55208E#55208E

#55208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.169 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55208E
RGBrgb(85, 32, 142)
HSLhsl(269, 63%, 34%)
HSVhsv(269, 77%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(40.1%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(26.50, 45.93, -50.89)
CIE-LCHlch(26.50, 68.55, 312.06°)
OKLaboklab(38.71% 0.0853 -0.1454)
OKLCHoklch(38.71% 0.169 300.4)
XYZxyz(9.1441, 4.9172, 26.0533)
Luminance0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55208E #598E20
analogous
#20228E #55208E #8C208E
triadic
#55208E #8E5520 #208E55
tetradic
#55208E #8E2022 #598E20 #208E8C
square
#55208E #8E2022 #598E20 #208E8C
split-complementary
#55208E #8E8C20 #228E20
monochromatic
#19092A #37155C #55208E #732BC0 #9251D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59
#55208E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98
#55208E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55208E
10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55208E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55208E1.0010.591.9810.59
#FFFFFF10.591.0021.001.00
#0000001.9821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.591.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003E91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003E8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#483D56
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.169 300.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61b0',
    500: '#55208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55208e;
$custom-light: #8b61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.909,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3871,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55208E
secondary
#87BB4F
accent
#E64297
background
#F8F6FA
surface
#F0EBF5
border
#CBC6CF
text
#0C0511
muted
#7D7A80

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#55208E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva