#55248D#55248D

#55248D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.163 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55248D
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 43.82, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 66.00, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0817 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.163 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1837, 5.1160, 25.6978)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55248D #5C8D24

analogous

#24288D #55248D #8A248D

triadic

#55248D #8D5524 #248D55

tetradic

#55248D #8D2428 #5C8D24 #248D8A

square

#55248D #8D2428 #5C8D24 #248D8A

split-complementary

#55248D #8D8A24 #288D24

monochromatic

#1A0B2B #38185C #55248D #7230BE #9257D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#55248D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55248D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55248D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55248D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55248D	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55248d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.163 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64af',
    500: '#55248d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55248d;
$custom-light: #8a64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55248d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39082,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55248D

secondary

#8AB854

accent

#E34599

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55248D

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

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