#55239D#55239D

#55239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.182 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55239D
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 48.47, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 74.96, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0786 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.182 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4315, 5.5674, 32.4168)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55239D #6B9D23

analogous

#232E9D #55239D #92239D

triadic

#55239D #9D5523 #239D55

tetradic

#55239D #9D232E #6B9D23 #239D92

square

#55239D #9D232E #6B9D23 #239D92

split-complementary

#55239D #9D9223 #2E9D23

monochromatic

#1F0D39 #3A186B #55239D #702ECF #925FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#55239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#55239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55239D

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55239D	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.182 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64bb',
    500: '#55239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55239d;
$custom-light: #8c64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.59,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40379,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55239D

secondary

#97C05C

accent

#E741A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55239D

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

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