#55238D#55238D

#55238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.164 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55238D
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 44.30, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 66.52, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0827 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.164 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1539, 5.0564, 25.6878)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55238D #5B8D23

analogous

#23268D #55238D #8A238D

triadic

#55238D #8D5523 #238D55

tetradic

#55238D #8D2326 #5B8D23 #238D8A

square

#55238D #8D2326 #5B8D23 #238D8A

split-complementary

#55238D #8D8A23 #268D23

monochromatic

#1A0B2B #37175C #55238D #732FBE #9255D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#55238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#55238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55238D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55238D	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.164 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63af',
    500: '#55238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55238d;
$custom-light: #8a63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38963,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55238D

secondary

#89B953

accent

#E34498

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55238D

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

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