#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
RGBrgb(85, 32, 156)
HSLhsl(266, 66%, 37%)
HSVhsv(266, 79%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(45.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(27.75, 49.51, -57.46)
CIE-LCHlch(27.75, 75.85, 310.75°)
OKLaboklab(39.97% 0.0814 -0.1647)
OKLCHoklch(39.97% 0.184 296.3)
XYZxyz(10.2620, 5.3644, 31.9408)
Luminance0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##55209C1.0010.132.0710.13
#FFFFFF10.131.0021.001.00
#0000002.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.131.0021.001.00

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

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#55209C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva