#55277D#55277D

#55277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.141 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55277D
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.34, 38.18, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.34, 55.67, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.081 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.141 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1727, 4.8631, 19.9062)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55277D #4F7D27

analogous

#2A277D #55277D #7D277A

triadic

#55277D #7D5527 #277D55

tetradic

#55277D #7D2A27 #4F7D27 #277A7D

square

#55277D #7D2A27 #4F7D27 #277A7D

split-complementary

#55277D #7A7D27 #277D2A

monochromatic

#160A20 #35184E #55277D #7536AC #9355CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#55277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#55277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55277D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55277D	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.141 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865a3',
    500: '#55277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55277d;
$custom-light: #8865a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38171,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55277D

secondary

#7DAF51

accent

#DC4C8F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55277D

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

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