#55288B#55288B

#55288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.156 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55288B
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 41.31, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 62.74, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.078 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.156 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1642, 5.3129, 24.9638)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55288B #5E8B28

analogous

#282C8B #55288B #87288B

triadic

#55288B #8B5528 #288B55

tetradic

#55288B #8B282C #5E8B28 #288B87

square

#55288B #8B282C #5E8B28 #288B87

split-complementary

#55288B #8B8728 #2C8B28

monochromatic

#1B0D2C #381A5B #55288B #7236BB #915DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#55288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#55288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55288B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55288B	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.156 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66ae',
    500: '#55288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55288b;
$custom-light: #8a66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39419,
    "c": 0.15558,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55288B

secondary

#8CB659

accent

#DF499B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55288B

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

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