#55258A#55258A

#55258A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.158 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55258A
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 42.56, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 63.86, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0813 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.158 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9942, 5.0893, 24.5483)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55258A #5A8A25

analogous

#25288A #55258A #88258A

triadic

#55258A #8A5525 #258A55

tetradic

#55258A #8A2528 #5A8A25 #258A88

square

#55258A #8A2528 #5A8A25 #258A88

split-complementary

#55258A #8A8825 #288A25

monochromatic

#1A0B29 #37185A #55258A #7332BA #9257D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#55258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55258A

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55258A	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.158 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64ad',
    500: '#55258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55258a;
$custom-light: #8a64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38952,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55258A

secondary

#88B754

accent

#E14798

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55258A

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

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