#55259E#55259E

#55259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.181 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55259E
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 47.82, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 74.50, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0767 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.181 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5778, 5.7228, 32.8884)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55259E #6E9E25

analogous

#25319E #55259E #91259E

triadic

#55259E #9E5525 #259E55

tetradic

#55259E #9E2531 #6E9E25 #259E91

square

#55259E #9E2531 #6E9E25 #259E91

split-complementary

#55259E #9E9125 #319E25

monochromatic

#200E3B #3A196C #55259E #7031CF #9263DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#55259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55259E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55259E	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.181 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65bc',
    500: '#55259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55259e;
$custom-light: #8c65bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.802,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40693,
    "c": 0.18075,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55259E

secondary

#99C05F

accent

#E543A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55259E

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

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