#55279E#55279E

#55279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.179 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55279E
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 46.88, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 73.48, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0749 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.179 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6417, 5.8507, 32.9097)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55279E #709E27

analogous

#27359E #55279E #90279E

triadic

#55279E #9E5527 #279E55

tetradic

#55279E #9E2735 #709E27 #279E90

square

#55279E #9E2735 #709E27 #279E90

split-complementary

#55279E #9E9027 #359E27

monochromatic

#200F3C #3B1B6D #55279E #7035CD #9366D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#55279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#55279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55279E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55279E	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.179 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66bc',
    500: '#55279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55279e;
$custom-light: #8c66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.193,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40925,
    "c": 0.17859,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55279E

secondary

#9BBF62

accent

#E444A6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55279E

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

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