#55249F#55249F

#55249F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.183 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55249F
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 48.55, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 75.51, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0772 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.183 295)
XYZ	xyz(10.6335, 5.6960, 33.3333)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55249F #6E9F24

analogous

#24319F #55249F #92249F

triadic

#55249F #9F5524 #249F55

tetradic

#55249F #9F2431 #6E9F24 #249F92

square

#55249F #9F2431 #6E9F24 #249F92

split-complementary

#55249F #9F9224 #319F24

monochromatic

#200D3B #3A196D #55249F #7030D0 #9262DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#55249F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55249F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55249F

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55249F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55249F	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55249f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.183 295.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55249f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.902,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40672,
    "c": 0.18292,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55249F

secondary

#99C15E

accent

#E642A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55249F

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

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