#55237E#55237E

#55237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.147 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55237E
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 40.48, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 58.48, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0856 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.147 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1124, 4.6398, 20.2028)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55237E #4C7E23

analogous

#28237E #55237E #7E237A

triadic

#55237E #7E5523 #237E55

tetradic

#55237E #7E2823 #4C7E23 #237A7E

square

#55237E #7E2823 #4C7E23 #237A7E

split-complementary

#55237E #7A7E23 #237E28

monochromatic

#14081E #35164E #55237E #7530AE #944ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#55237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#55237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55237E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55237E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.147 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a4',
    500: '#55237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55237e;
$custom-light: #8962a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37724,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55237E

secondary

#79B04C

accent

#E0488C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55237E

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

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