#55238C#55238C

#55238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.163 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55238C
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 44.04, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 65.99, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0829 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.163 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0798, 5.0267, 25.2978)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55238C #5A8C23

analogous

#23268C #55238C #8A238C

triadic

#55238C #8C5523 #238C55

tetradic

#55238C #8C2326 #5A8C23 #238C8A

square

#55238C #8C2326 #5A8C23 #238C8A

split-complementary

#55238C #8C8A23 #268C23

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #37175B #55238C #732FBD #9255D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#55238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#55238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55238C

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55238C	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.163 300.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38878,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55238C

secondary

#88B852

accent

#E34598

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55238C

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

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