#55258C#55258C

#55258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.161 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55258C
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 43.08, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 64.93, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0809 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.161 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1403, 5.1478, 25.3179)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55258C #5C8C25

analogous

#25298C #55258C #89258C

triadic

#55258C #8C5525 #258C55

tetradic

#55258C #8C2529 #5C8C25 #258C89

square

#55258C #8C2529 #5C8C25 #258C89

split-complementary

#55258C #8C8925 #298C25

monochromatic

#1A0B2B #38185C #55258C #7232BC #9258D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#55258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#55258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55258C

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55258C	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.161 300.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.961,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39119,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55258C

secondary

#8AB855

accent

#E14699

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55258C

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

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