#55238F#55238F

#55238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.166 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55238F
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 44.81, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 67.58, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0823 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.166 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3040, 5.1164, 26.4787)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55238F #5D8F23

analogous

#23278F #55238F #8B238F

triadic

#55238F #8F5523 #238F55

tetradic

#55238F #8F2327 #5D8F23 #238F8B

square

#55238F #8F2327 #5D8F23 #238F8B

split-complementary

#55238F #8F8B23 #278F23

monochromatic

#1B0B2D #38175E #55238F #722FC0 #9157D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#55238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55238F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55238F	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.166 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63b1',
    500: '#55238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55238f;
$custom-light: #8b63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39136,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55238F

secondary

#8BBA54

accent

#E4449A

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55238F

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

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