#55248B#55248B

#55248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.161 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55248B
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.90, 43.30, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.90, 64.93, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0822 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.161 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0362, 5.0571, 24.9211)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55248B #5A8B24

analogous

#24268B #55248B #89248B

triadic

#55248B #8B5524 #248B55

tetradic

#55248B #8B2426 #5A8B24 #248B89

square

#55248B #8B2426 #5A8B24 #248B89

split-complementary

#55248B #8B8924 #268B24

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #37175A #55248B #7331BC #9256D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#55248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#55248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55248B

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55248B	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.161 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a63ae',
    500: '#55248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55248b;
$custom-light: #8a63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.544,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38913,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55248B

secondary

#88B753

accent

#E24698

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55248B

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

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