#55286B#55286B

#55286B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.118 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55286B
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 33.17, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 45.20, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% 0.0806 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.118 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1585, 4.5106, 14.4006)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 7.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55286B #3E6B28

analogous

#34286B #55286B #6B2860

triadic

#55286B #6B5528 #286B55

tetradic

#55286B #6B3428 #3E6B28 #28606B

square

#55286B #6B3428 #3E6B28 #28606B

split-complementary

#55286B #606B28 #286B34

monochromatic

#120816 #32173E #55286B #783998 #9A50BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#55286B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#55286B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55286B

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55286B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55286B	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55286b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.118 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876596',
    500: '#55286b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55286b;
$custom-light: #876596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55286b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.299,
    "s": 45.578,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37013,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55286B

secondary

#6A9D51

accent

#D5537D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55286B

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

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