#55277E#55277E

#55277E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.142 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55277E
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 38.44, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 56.22, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0809 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.142 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2369, 4.8887, 20.2443)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55277E #507E27

analogous

#2A277E #55277E #7E277C

triadic

#55277E #7E5527 #277E55

tetradic

#55277E #7E2A27 #507E27 #277C7E

square

#55277E #7E2A27 #507E27 #277C7E

split-complementary

#55277E #7C7E27 #277E2A

monochromatic

#160A21 #35194F #55277E #7535AD #9355CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#55277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#55277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55277E

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55277E	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.142 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965a4',
    500: '#55277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55277e;
$custom-light: #8965a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.724,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38248,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55277E

secondary

#7EAF52

accent

#DC4C90

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55277E

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

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