#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
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 45.93, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 68.55, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0853 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.169 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1441, 4.9172, 26.0533)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##55208E	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55208E

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

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