#55239F#55239F

#55239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.184 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55239F
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 48.99, -58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 76.00, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0781 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.184 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6037, 5.6363, 33.3234)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55239F #6D9F23

analogous

#232F9F #55239F #93239F

triadic

#55239F #9F5523 #239F55

tetradic

#55239F #9F232F #6D9F23 #239F93

square

#55239F #9F232F #6D9F23 #239F93

split-complementary

#55239F #9F9323 #2F9F23

monochromatic

#1F0D3B #3A186D #55239F #702ED1 #9260DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#55239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55239F

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55239F	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.184 295.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.194,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40562,
    "c": 0.18394,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55239F

secondary

#99C15D

accent

#E741A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55239F

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

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