#55208F#55208F

#55208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.170 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55208F
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 46.18, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 69.08, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0851 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.17 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2195, 4.9474, 26.4505)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55208F #5A8F20

analogous

#20228F #55208F #8D208F

triadic

#55208F #8F5520 #208F55

tetradic

#55208F #8F2022 #5A8F20 #208F8D

square

#55208F #8F2022 #5A8F20 #208F8D

split-complementary

#55208F #8F8D20 #228F20

monochromatic

#1A0A2B #37155D #55208F #732BC1 #9251D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#55208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55208F

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55208F	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.170 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62b1',
    500: '#55208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55208f;
$custom-light: #8b62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.649,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38798,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55208F

secondary

#88BB4F

accent

#E64198

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55208F

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

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