#55255A#55255A

#55255A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.104 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55255A
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 90)
HSL	hsl(294, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(294, 59%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 58.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 30.95, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 38.10, 324.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0838 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.104 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2532, 3.9929, 10.1122)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55255A #2A5A25

analogous

#3B255A #55255A #5A2544

triadic

#55255A #5A5525 #255A55

tetradic

#55255A #5A3B25 #2A5A25 #25445A

square

#55255A #5A3B25 #2A5A25 #25445A

split-complementary

#55255A #445A25 #255A3B

monochromatic

#140916 #2C132F #55255A #7E3785 #A749B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#55255A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#55255A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55255A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55255A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55255A	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D355C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55255a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.104 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876289',
    500: '#55255a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55255a;
$custom-light: #876289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55255a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.34,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35478,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55255A

secondary

#538D4D

accent

#D25662

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55255A

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

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