#55248F#55248F

#55248F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.165 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55248F
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 44.34, -50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 67.07, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0813 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.165 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3339, 5.1761, 26.4886)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55248F #5E8F24

analogous

#24288F #55248F #8B248F

triadic

#55248F #8F5524 #248F55

tetradic

#55248F #8F2428 #5E8F24 #248F8B

square

#55248F #8F2428 #5E8F24 #248F8B

split-complementary

#55248F #8F8B24 #288F24

monochromatic

#1B0B2D #38185E #55248F #7230C0 #9158D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#55248F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#55248F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55248F

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55248F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55248F	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55248f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.165 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64b1',
    500: '#55248f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55248f;
$custom-light: #8a64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55248f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.477,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39253,
    "c": 0.16511,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55248F

secondary

#8CB955

accent

#E3459B

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55248F

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

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