#55249B#55249B

#55249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.178 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55249B
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 47.49, -55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 73.42, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0783 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.178 296)
XYZ	xyz(10.2920, 5.5594, 31.5348)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55249B #6A9B24

analogous

#242E9B #55249B #91249B

triadic

#55249B #9B5524 #249B55

tetradic

#55249B #9B242E #6A9B24 #249B91

square

#55249B #9B242E #6A9B24 #249B91

split-complementary

#55249B #9B9124 #2E9B24

monochromatic

#1F0D38 #3A1869 #55249B #7030CD #925FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#55249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#55249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55249B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55249B	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.178 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64b9',
    500: '#55249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55249b;
$custom-light: #8c64b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40309,
    "c": 0.17849,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.0556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55249B

secondary

#96BF5C

accent

#E542A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55249B

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

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