#55279A#55279A

#55279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.174 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55279A
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 45.81, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 71.36, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0759 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.174 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3030, 5.7152, 31.1259)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55279A #6C9A27

analogous

#27339A #55279A #8E279A

triadic

#55279A #9A5527 #279A55

tetradic

#55279A #9A2733 #6C9A27 #279A8E

square

#55279A #9A2733 #6C9A27 #279A8E

split-complementary

#55279A #9A8E27 #339A27

monochromatic

#1F0E38 #3A1B69 #55279A #7033CB #9264D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#55279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55279A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55279A	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.174 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66b9',
    500: '#55279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55279a;
$custom-light: #8c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4057,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55279A

secondary

#98BD5F

accent

#E345A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55279A

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

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