#55239C#55239C

#55239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.181 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55239C
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 48.21, -56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 74.44, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0789 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.181 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3465, 5.5334, 31.9690)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55239C #6A9C23

analogous

#232E9C #55239C #91239C

triadic

#55239C #9C5523 #239C55

tetradic

#55239C #9C232E #6A9C23 #239C91

square

#55239C #9C232E #6A9C23 #239C91

split-complementary

#55239C #9C9123 #2E9C23

monochromatic

#1F0D38 #3A186A #55239C #702ECE #925EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#55239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#55239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55239C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55239C	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.181 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64ba',
    500: '#55239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55239c;
$custom-light: #8c64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40288,
    "c": 0.18065,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55239C

secondary

#96C05B

accent

#E641A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55239C

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

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