#55267C#55267C

#55267C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.141 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55267C
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 38.45, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 55.70, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0824 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.141 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0767, 4.7728, 19.5606)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55267C #4D7C26

analogous

#2A267C #55267C #7C2678

triadic

#55267C #7C5526 #267C55

tetradic

#55267C #7C2A26 #4D7C26 #26787C

square

#55267C #7C2A26 #4D7C26 #26787C

split-complementary

#55267C #787C26 #267C2A

monochromatic

#15091E #35184D #55267C #7534AB #9452CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#55267C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#55267C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55267C

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55267C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55267C	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55267c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.141 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864a2',
    500: '#55267c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55267c;
$custom-light: #8864a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55267c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37958,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55267C

secondary

#7BAE50

accent

#DC4B8D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55267C

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

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