#55258F#55258F

#55258F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.164 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55258F
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 43.86, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 66.54, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0803 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.164 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3646, 5.2375, 26.4988)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55258F #5F8F25

analogous

#252A8F #55258F #8A258F

triadic

#55258F #8F5525 #258F55

tetradic

#55258F #8F252A #5F8F25 #258F8A

square

#55258F #8F252A #5F8F25 #258F8A

split-complementary

#55258F #8F8A25 #2A8F25

monochromatic

#1B0C2E #38185E #55258F #7232C0 #915AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#55258F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#55258F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55258F

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55258F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55258F	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55258f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.164 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64b1',
    500: '#55258f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55258f;
$custom-light: #8a64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55258f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39374,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55258F

secondary

#8DB957

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55258F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →