#55269E#55269E

#55269E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.180 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55269E
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 47.36, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 73.99, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.0758 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.18 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6093, 5.7859, 32.8989)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55269E #6F9E26

analogous

#26339E #55269E #91269E

triadic

#55269E #9E5526 #269E55

tetradic

#55269E #9E2633 #6F9E26 #269E91

square

#55269E #9E2633 #6F9E26 #269E91

split-complementary

#55269E #9E9126 #339E26

monochromatic

#200E3B #3A1A6D #55269E #7033CE #9265DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#55269E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#55269E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55269E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55269E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55269E	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55269e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.180 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c65bc',
    500: '#55269e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55269e;
$custom-light: #8c65bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55269e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40808,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55269E

secondary

#9AC060

accent

#E443A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55269E

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

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