#55247F#55247F

#55247F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.147 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55247F
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 71.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 40.23, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 58.47, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0843 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.147 305)
XYZ	xyz(8.2071, 4.7254, 20.5543)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55247F #4E7F24

analogous

#28247F #55247F #7F247C

triadic

#55247F #7F5524 #247F55

tetradic

#55247F #7F2824 #4E7F24 #247C7F

square

#55247F #7F2824 #4E7F24 #247C7F

split-complementary

#55247F #7C7F24 #247F28

monochromatic

#150920 #35164F #55247F #7532AF #9450CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#55247F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#55247F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55247F

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55247F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55247F	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55247f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.147 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963a5',
    500: '#55247f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55247f;
$custom-light: #8963a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55247f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3793,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55247F

secondary

#7CB14E

accent

#DF498E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55247F

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

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