#55286A#55286A

#55286A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.117 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55286A
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 106)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 32.93, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 44.65, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0806 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.117 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1062, 4.4897, 14.1251)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55286A #3D6A28

analogous

#34286A #55286A #6A285E

triadic

#55286A #6A5528 #286A55

tetradic

#55286A #6A3428 #3D6A28 #285E6A

square

#55286A #6A3428 #3D6A28 #285E6A

split-complementary

#55286A #5E6A28 #286A34

monochromatic

#120816 #31173E #55286A #793996 #9A50BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#55286A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#55286A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55286A

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55286A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55286A	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55286a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.117 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876595',
    500: '#55286a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55286a;
$custom-light: #876595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55286a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36946,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55286A

secondary

#699D51

accent

#D5537C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55286A

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

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