#55259B#55259B

#55259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55259B
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 47.03, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 72.92, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0775 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.177 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3227, 5.6207, 31.5450)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55259B #6B9B25

analogous

#25309B #55259B #90259B

triadic

#55259B #9B5525 #259B55

tetradic

#55259B #9B2530 #6B9B25 #259B90

square

#55259B #9B2530 #6B9B25 #259B90

split-complementary

#55259B #9B9025 #309B25

monochromatic

#1F0D38 #3A196A #55259B #7031CC #9261D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#55259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#55259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55259B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55259B	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 295.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40423,
    "c": 0.17741,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55259B

secondary

#97BF5D

accent

#E543A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55259B

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

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