#55267D#55267D

#55267D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.142 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55267D
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 69.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 38.71, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 56.25, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0822 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.142 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1403, 4.7982, 19.8954)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55267D #4E7D26

analogous

#2A267D #55267D #7D267A

triadic

#55267D #7D5526 #267D55

tetradic

#55267D #7D2A26 #4E7D26 #267A7D

square

#55267D #7D2A26 #4E7D26 #267A7D

split-complementary

#55267D #7A7D26 #267D2A

monochromatic

#15091F #35184E #55267D #7534AC #9453CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#55267D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#55267D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55267D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55267D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55267D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55267d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.142 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964a3',
    500: '#55267d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55267d;
$custom-light: #8964a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55267d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 53.374,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38035,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55267D

secondary

#7CAF50

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55267D

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

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