#55267E#55267E

#55267E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.143 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55267E
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 38.96, -41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 56.80, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0821 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.143 305)
XYZ	xyz(8.2045, 4.8239, 20.2335)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55267E #4F7E26

analogous

#29267E #55267E #7E267B

triadic

#55267E #7E5526 #267E55

tetradic

#55267E #7E2926 #4F7E26 #267B7E

square

#55267E #7E2926 #4F7E26 #267B7E

split-complementary

#55267E #7B7E26 #267E29

monochromatic

#160A20 #35184F #55267E #7534AD #9353CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#55267E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#55267E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55267E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55267E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55267E	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55267e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.143 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964a4',
    500: '#55267e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55267e;
$custom-light: #8964a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55267e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38113,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55267E

secondary

#7DB050

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55267E

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

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