#55258B#55258B

#55258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.159 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55258B
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 42.82, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 64.39, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0811 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.159 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0669, 5.1184, 24.9314)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55258B #5B8B25

analogous

#25288B #55258B #88258B

triadic

#55258B #8B5525 #258B55

tetradic

#55258B #8B2528 #5B8B25 #258B88

square

#55258B #8B2528 #5B8B25 #258B88

split-complementary

#55258B #8B8825 #288B25

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #37185B #55258B #7332BB #9258D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#55258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#55258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55258B

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55258B	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.159 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64ae',
    500: '#55258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55258b;
$custom-light: #8a64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39035,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55258B

secondary

#89B755

accent

#E14798

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55258B

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

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