#55238B#55238B

#55238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.162 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55238B
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 43.78, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 65.45, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0832 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.162 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0064, 4.9974, 24.9112)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55238B #598B23

analogous

#23258B #55238B #89238B

triadic

#55238B #8B5523 #238B55

tetradic

#55238B #8B2325 #598B23 #238B89

square

#55238B #8B2325 #598B23 #238B89

split-complementary

#55238B #8B8923 #258B23

monochromatic

#190A29 #37175A #55238B #732FBC #9254D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#55238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#55238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55238B

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55238B	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.162 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63ae',
    500: '#55238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55238b;
$custom-light: #8a63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38793,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55238B

secondary

#87B852

accent

#E34597

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55238B

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

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