#55239E#55239E

#55239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.183 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55239E
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 48.73, -57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 75.48, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% 0.0784 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.183 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5172, 5.6017, 32.8682)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55239E #6C9E23

analogous

#232E9E #55239E #92239E

triadic

#55239E #9E5523 #239E55

tetradic

#55239E #9E232E #6C9E23 #239E92

square

#55239E #9E232E #6C9E23 #239E92

split-complementary

#55239E #9E9223 #2E9E23

monochromatic

#1F0D3A #3A186C #55239E #702ED0 #9260DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#55239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#55239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55239E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55239E	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.183 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64bc',
    500: '#55239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55239e;
$custom-light: #8c64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.39,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40471,
    "c": 0.18284,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55239E

secondary

#98C15C

accent

#E741A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55239E

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

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