#55249D#55249D

#55249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.181 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55249D
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 48.02, -56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 74.47, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0778 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.181 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4614, 5.6271, 32.4267)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55249D #6C9D24

analogous

#242F9D #55249D #92249D

triadic

#55249D #9D5524 #249D55

tetradic

#55249D #9D242F #6C9D24 #249D92

square

#55249D #9D242F #6C9D24 #249D92

split-complementary

#55249D #9D9224 #2F9D24

monochromatic

#1F0D39 #3A196B #55249D #702FCF #9261DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#55249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55249D

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55249D	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.181 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64bb',
    500: '#55249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55249d;
$custom-light: #8c64bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.298,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4049,
    "c": 0.1807,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55249D

secondary

#98C05D

accent

#E642A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55249D

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

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