#55249E#55249E

#55249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.182 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55249E
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 48.28, -57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 74.99, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0775 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.182 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5471, 5.6614, 32.8782)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55249E #6D9E24

analogous

#24309E #55249E #92249E

triadic

#55249E #9E5524 #249E55

tetradic

#55249E #9E2430 #6D9E24 #249E92

square

#55249E #9E2430 #6D9E24 #249E92

split-complementary

#55249E #9E9224 #309E24

monochromatic

#1F0D3A #3A196C #55249E #702FD0 #9261DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#55249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55249E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55249E	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.182 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64bc',
    500: '#55249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55249e;
$custom-light: #8c64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.098,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40581,
    "c": 0.1818,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55249E

secondary

#99C05E

accent

#E642A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55249E

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

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