#55256A#55256A

#55256A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.122 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55256A
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(282, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 34.57, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 46.52, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0847 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.122 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0090, 4.2953, 14.0927)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55256A #3A6A25

analogous

#32256A #55256A #6A255C

triadic

#55256A #6A5525 #256A55

tetradic

#55256A #6A3225 #3A6A25 #255C6A

square

#55256A #6A3225 #3A6A25 #255C6A

split-complementary

#55256A #5C6A25 #256A32

monochromatic

#120817 #31153D #55256A #793597 #9C4AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#55256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#55256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55256A

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55256A	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C386C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233C68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.122 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876395',
    500: '#55256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55256a;
$custom-light: #876395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36507,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55256A

secondary

#669D4E

accent

#D85079

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55256A

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

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