#55257E#55257E

#55257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.145 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55257E
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 39.47, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 57.37, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0833 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.145 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1729, 4.7608, 20.2230)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55257E #4E7E25

analogous

#29257E #55257E #7E257A

triadic

#55257E #7E5525 #257E55

tetradic

#55257E #7E2925 #4E7E25 #257A7E

square

#55257E #7E2925 #4E7E25 #257A7E

split-complementary

#55257E #7A7E25 #257E29

monochromatic

#15091F #35174F #55257E #7533AD #9451CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#55257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#55257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55257E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55257E	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.145 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963a4',
    500: '#55257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55257e;
$custom-light: #8963a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37981,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55257E

secondary

#7CB04F

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55257E

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

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