#55237B#55237B

#55237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.144 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55237B
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 39.73, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 56.86, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.086 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.144 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9217, 4.5635, 19.1986)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55237B #497B23

analogous

#29237B #55237B #7B2375

triadic

#55237B #7B5523 #237B55

tetradic

#55237B #7B2923 #497B23 #23757B

square

#55237B #7B2923 #497B23 #23757B

split-complementary

#55237B #757B23 #237B29

monochromatic

#13081C #34154B #55237B #7631AB #954CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#55237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55237B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55237B	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.144 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a2',
    500: '#55237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55237b;
$custom-light: #8962a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37487,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55237B

secondary

#76AE4C

accent

#DF498A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55237B

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

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