#55248C#55248C

#55248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.162 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55248C
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 43.56, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 65.46, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0819 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.162 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1096, 5.0864, 25.3077)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55248C #5B8C24

analogous

#24278C #55248C #89248C

triadic

#55248C #8C5524 #248C55

tetradic

#55248C #8C2427 #5B8C24 #248C89

square

#55248C #8C2427 #5B8C24 #248C89

split-complementary

#55248C #8C8924 #278C24

monochromatic

#1A0B2B #37175B #55248C #7331BD #9257D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#55248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55248C

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55248C	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.162 300.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.269,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38997,
    "c": 0.16174,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55248C

secondary

#89B854

accent

#E24698

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55248C

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

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