#55279C#55279C

#55279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.176 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55279C
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 46.34, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 72.42, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0754 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.176 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4710, 5.7824, 32.0105)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55279C #6E9C27

analogous

#27339C #55279C #8F279C

triadic

#55279C #9C5527 #279C55

tetradic

#55279C #9C2733 #6E9C27 #279C8F

square

#55279C #9C2733 #6E9C27 #279C8F

split-complementary

#55279C #9C8F27 #339C27

monochromatic

#200F3A #3A1B6B #55279C #7034CC #9265D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#55279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#55279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55279C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55279C	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.176 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66ba',
    500: '#55279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55279c;
$custom-light: #8c66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.59,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40747,
    "c": 0.17632,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55279C

secondary

#99BE61

accent

#E345A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55279C

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

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