#55249C#55249C

#55249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.180 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55249C
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 47.75, -56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 73.94, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0781 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.18 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3763, 5.5931, 31.9789)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55249C #6B9C24

analogous

#242F9C #55249C #91249C

triadic

#55249C #9C5524 #249C55

tetradic

#55249C #9C242F #6B9C24 #249C91

square

#55249C #9C242F #6B9C24 #249C91

split-complementary

#55249C #9C9124 #2F9C24

monochromatic

#1F0D39 #3A196A #55249C #702FCE #9260DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#55249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#55249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55249C

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55249C	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.180 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64ba',
    500: '#55249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55249c;
$custom-light: #8c64ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40399,
    "c": 0.17959,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55249C

secondary

#97BF5C

accent

#E642A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55249C

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

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