#55288E#55288E

#55288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.159 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55288E
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 42.10, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 64.37, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.0774 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.159 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3864, 5.4018, 26.1341)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55288E #618E28

analogous

#282E8E #55288E #88288E

triadic

#55288E #8E5528 #288E55

tetradic

#55288E #8E282E #618E28 #288E88

square

#55288E #8E282E #618E28 #288E88

split-complementary

#55288E #8E8828 #2E8E28

monochromatic

#1C0D2F #381B5E #55288E #7235BE #915FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#55288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#55288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55288E

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55288E	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.159 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66b0',
    500: '#55288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55288e;
$custom-light: #8a66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39667,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55288E

secondary

#8EB75B

accent

#DF489D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55288E

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

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