#55288D#55288D

#55288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.158 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55288D
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 41.84, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 63.83, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0776 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.158 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3116, 5.3719, 25.7404)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55288D #608D28

analogous

#282D8D #55288D #87288D

triadic

#55288D #8D5528 #288D55

tetradic

#55288D #8D282D #608D28 #288D87

square

#55288D #8D282D #608D28 #288D87

split-complementary

#55288D #8D8728 #2D8D28

monochromatic

#1C0D2E #381A5D #55288D #7236BD #915ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#55288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#55288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55288D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55288D	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.158 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66af',
    500: '#55288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55288d;
$custom-light: #8a66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.733,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39584,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55288D

secondary

#8DB75A

accent

#DF499C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55288D

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

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