#55247C#55247C

#55247C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.144 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55247C
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 39.48, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 56.84, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0847 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.144 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0145, 4.6484, 19.5399)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55247C #4B7C24

analogous

#29247C #55247C #7C2477

triadic

#55247C #7C5524 #247C55

tetradic

#55247C #7C2924 #4B7C24 #24777C

square

#55247C #7C2924 #4B7C24 #24777C

split-complementary

#55247C #777C24 #247C29

monochromatic

#14081D #34164D #55247C #7632AB #944FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#55247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#55247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55247C

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55247C	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.144 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963a2',
    500: '#55247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55247c;
$custom-light: #8963a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37694,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55247C

secondary

#78AE4D

accent

#DE498B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55247C

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

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