#55259C#55259C

#55259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.179 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55259C
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, 47.29, -56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 73.44, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0772 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.179 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4070, 5.6545, 31.9891)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55259C #6C9C25

analogous

#25309C #55259C #91259C

triadic

#55259C #9C5525 #259C55

tetradic

#55259C #9C2530 #6C9C25 #259C91

square

#55259C #9C2530 #6C9C25 #259C91

split-complementary

#55259C #9C9125 #309C25

monochromatic

#1F0E39 #3A196B #55259C #7031CD #9262DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#55259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55259C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55259C	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.179 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65ba',
    500: '#55259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55259c;
$custom-light: #8c65ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.202,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40513,
    "c": 0.17852,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55259C

secondary

#98BF5E

accent

#E543A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55259C

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

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