#55289C#55289C

#55289C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.175 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55289C
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 156)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 45.86, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 71.89, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0745 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.175 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5042, 5.8489, 32.0216)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55289C #6F9C28

analogous

#28359C #55289C #8F289C

triadic

#55289C #9C5528 #289C55

tetradic

#55289C #9C2835 #6F9C28 #289C8F

square

#55289C #9C2835 #6F9C28 #289C8F

split-complementary

#55289C #9C8F28 #359C28

monochromatic

#200F3B #3A1C6B #55289C #7036CB #9267D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#55289C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#55289C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55289C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55289C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55289C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55289c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.175 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c66ba',
    500: '#55289c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55289c;
$custom-light: #8c66ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55289c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40868,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55289C

secondary

#9ABE62

accent

#E245A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55289C

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

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