#55269A#55269A

#55269A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.175 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55269A
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 46.29, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 71.88, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0768 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.175 296)
XYZ	xyz(10.2706, 5.6504, 31.1151)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55269A #6B9A26

analogous

#26319A #55269A #8F269A

triadic

#55269A #9A5526 #269A55

tetradic

#55269A #9A2631 #6B9A26 #269A8F

square

#55269A #9A2631 #6B9A26 #269A8F

split-complementary

#55269A #9A8F26 #319A26

monochromatic

#1F0E38 #3A1A69 #55269A #7032CB #9262D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#55269A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#55269A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55269A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55269A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55269A	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55269a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.175 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65b9',
    500: '#55269a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55269a;
$custom-light: #8c65b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55269a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40451,
    "c": 0.17518,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55269A

secondary

#97BE5E

accent

#E444A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55269A

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

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