#55289A#55289A

#55289A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.173 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55289A
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 45.32, -54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 70.83, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.075 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.173 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3363, 5.7817, 31.1370)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55289A #6D9A28

analogous

#28349A #55289A #8E289A

triadic

#55289A #9A5528 #289A55

tetradic

#55289A #9A2834 #6D9A28 #289A8E

square

#55289A #9A2834 #6D9A28 #289A8E

split-complementary

#55289A #9A8E28 #349A28

monochromatic

#1F0F39 #3A1B69 #55289A #7035CA #9265D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#55289A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#55289A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55289A

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55289A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55289A	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55289a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.173 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66b9',
    500: '#55289a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55289a;
$custom-light: #8c66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55289a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40692,
    "c": 0.17291,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55289A

secondary

#99BD61

accent

#E246A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55289A

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

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