#55259A#55259A

#55259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.176 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55259A
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 46.76, -55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 72.39, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0777 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.176 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2391, 5.5873, 31.1046)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55259A #6A9A25

analogous

#25309A #55259A #8F259A

triadic

#55259A #9A5525 #259A55

tetradic

#55259A #9A2530 #6A9A25 #259A8F

square

#55259A #9A2530 #6A9A25 #259A8F

split-complementary

#55259A #9A8F25 #309A25

monochromatic

#1F0D37 #3A1969 #55259A #7031CB #9260D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#55259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#55259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55259A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55259A	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.176 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65b9',
    500: '#55259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55259a;
$custom-light: #8c65b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40334,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55259A

secondary

#96BE5D

accent

#E443A2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55259A

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

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