#55248E#55248E

#55248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.164 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55248E
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 44.08, -49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 66.53, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0815 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.164 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2585, 5.1459, 26.0914)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55248E #5D8E24

analogous

#24288E #55248E #8A248E

triadic

#55248E #8E5524 #248E55

tetradic

#55248E #8E2428 #5D8E24 #248E8A

square

#55248E #8E2428 #5D8E24 #248E8A

split-complementary

#55248E #8E8A24 #288E24

monochromatic

#1B0B2C #38185D #55248E #7230BF #9158D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#55248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#55248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55248E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55248E	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.164 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64b0',
    500: '#55248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55248e;
$custom-light: #8a64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39168,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55248E

secondary

#8BB955

accent

#E3459A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55248E

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

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