#55269B#55269B

#55269B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.176 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55269B
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 155)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 46.55, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 72.41, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0766 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.176 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3542, 5.6838, 31.5555)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55269B #6C9B26

analogous

#26319B #55269B #90269B

triadic

#55269B #9B5526 #269B55

tetradic

#55269B #9B2631 #6C9B26 #269B90

square

#55269B #9B2631 #6C9B26 #269B90

split-complementary

#55269B #9B9026 #319B26

monochromatic

#1F0E39 #3A1A6A #55269B #7032CC #9263D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#55269B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55269B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55269B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55269B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55269B	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55269b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.176 295.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55269b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4054,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55269B

secondary

#98BE5F

accent

#E444A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55269B

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

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