#55247E#55247E

#55247E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.146 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55247E
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 39.98, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 57.93, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0844 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.146 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1423, 4.6995, 20.2128)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55247E #4D7E24

analogous

#28247E #55247E #7E247A

triadic

#55247E #7E5524 #247E55

tetradic

#55247E #7E2824 #4D7E24 #247A7E

square

#55247E #7E2824 #4D7E24 #247A7E

split-complementary

#55247E #7A7E24 #247E28

monochromatic

#15091F #35164E #55247E #7532AE #9450CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#55247E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#55247E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55247E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55247E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55247E	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55247e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.146 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963a4',
    500: '#55247e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55247e;
$custom-light: #8963a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55247e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37851,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55247E

secondary

#7BB04E

accent

#DF498D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55247E

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

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