#55258E#55258E

#55258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.163 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55258E
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 43.60, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 66.00, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0805 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.163 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2891, 5.2073, 26.1017)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55258E #5E8E25

analogous

#25298E #55258E #8A258E

triadic

#55258E #8E5525 #258E55

tetradic

#55258E #8E2529 #5E8E25 #258E8A

square

#55258E #8E2529 #5E8E25 #258E8A

split-complementary

#55258E #8E8A25 #298E25

monochromatic

#1B0C2D #38185D #55258E #7232BF #915AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#55258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#55258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55258E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55258E	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.163 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64b0',
    500: '#55258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55258e;
$custom-light: #8a64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39288,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55258E

secondary

#8CB956

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55258E

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

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