#55238E#55238E

#55238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.165 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55238E
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 44.55, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 67.05, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.0825 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.165 300)
XYZ	xyz(9.2286, 5.0863, 26.0815)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55238E #5C8E23

analogous

#23278E #55238E #8A238E

triadic

#55238E #8E5523 #238E55

tetradic

#55238E #8E2327 #5C8E23 #238E8A

square

#55238E #8E2327 #5C8E23 #238E8A

split-complementary

#55238E #8E8A23 #278E23

monochromatic

#1A0B2C #38175D #55238E #722FBF #9256D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#55238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55238E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55238E	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.165 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63b0',
    500: '#55238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55238e;
$custom-light: #8a63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39049,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55238E

secondary

#8AB953

accent

#E44499

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55238E

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

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