#55258D#55258D

#55258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.162 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55258D
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 43.34, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 65.47, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0807 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.162 300)
XYZ	xyz(9.2144, 5.1774, 25.7080)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55258D #5D8D25

analogous

#25298D #55258D #89258D

triadic

#55258D #8D5525 #258D55

tetradic

#55258D #8D2529 #5D8D25 #258D89

square

#55258D #8D2529 #5D8D25 #258D89

split-complementary

#55258D #8D8925 #298D25

monochromatic

#1B0C2C #38185D #55258D #7232BD #9159D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#55258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#55258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55258D

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55258D	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.162 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64af',
    500: '#55258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55258d;
$custom-light: #8a64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39204,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55258D

secondary

#8BB856

accent

#E2469A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55258D

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

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