#55209A#55209A

#55209A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.182 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55209A
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 49.00, -56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 74.82, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.082 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.182 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0940, 5.2972, 31.0562)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55209A #659A20

analogous

#20289A #55209A #92209A

triadic

#55209A #9A5520 #209A55

tetradic

#55209A #9A2028 #659A20 #209A92

square

#55209A #9A2028 #659A20 #209A92

split-complementary

#55209A #9A9220 #289A20

monochromatic

#1D0B35 #391567 #55209A #712BCD #9258DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#55209A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#55209A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55209A

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55209A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55209A	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55209a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.182 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62b9',
    500: '#55209a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55209a;
$custom-light: #8c62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55209a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.066,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39787,
    "c": 0.18151,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55209A

secondary

#92C056

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55209A

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

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