#55209C#55209C

#55209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.184 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55209C
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 49.51, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 75.85, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0814 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.184 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2620, 5.3644, 31.9408)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55209C #679C20

analogous

#20299C #55209C #93209C

triadic

#55209C #9C5520 #209C55

tetradic

#55209C #9C2029 #679C20 #209C93

square

#55209C #9C2029 #679C20 #209C93

split-complementary

#55209C #9C9320 #299C20

monochromatic

#1E0B36 #391669 #55209C #712ACF #9259DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#55209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#55209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55209C

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55209C	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.184 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c62ba',
    500: '#55209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55209c;
$custom-light: #8c62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.645,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39971,
    "c": 0.18366,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55209C

secondary

#94C157

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55209C

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

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