#55287D#55287D

#55287D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.139 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55287D
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.53, 37.65, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.53, 55.08, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0798 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.139 305)
XYZ	xyz(8.2060, 4.9296, 19.9173)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55287D #507D28

analogous

#2B287D #55287D #7D287A

triadic

#55287D #7D5528 #287D55

tetradic

#55287D #7D2B28 #507D28 #287A7D

square

#55287D #7D2B28 #507D28 #287A7D

split-complementary

#55287D #7A7D28 #287D2B

monochromatic

#160A20 #35194F #55287D #7537AB #9356C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#55287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55287D

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55287D	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.139 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865a3',
    500: '#55287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55287d;
$custom-light: #8865a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38309,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.0493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55287D

secondary

#7EAE53

accent

#DB4D90

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55287D

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

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