#55259D#55259D

#55259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55259D
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 47.56, -56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 73.97, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0769 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.18 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4920, 5.6885, 32.4369)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55259D #6D9D25

analogous

#25319D #55259D #91259D

triadic

#55259D #9D5525 #259D55

tetradic

#55259D #9D2531 #6D9D25 #259D91

square

#55259D #9D2531 #6D9D25 #259D91

split-complementary

#55259D #9D9125 #319D25

monochromatic

#1F0E3A #3A196B #55259D #7031CE #9262DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#55259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55259D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55259D	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65bb',
    500: '#55259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55259d;
$custom-light: #8c65bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40603,
    "c": 0.17964,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55259D

secondary

#99BF5E

accent

#E543A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55259D

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

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