#55296A#55296A

#55296A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.115 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55296A
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 106)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 32.37, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 44.02, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0791 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.115 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1403, 4.5580, 14.1365)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55296A #3E6A29

analogous

#35296A #55296A #6A295F

triadic

#55296A #6A5529 #296A55

tetradic

#55296A #6A3529 #3E6A29 #295F6A

square

#55296A #6A3529 #3E6A29 #295F6A

split-complementary

#55296A #5F6A29 #296A35

monochromatic

#120916 #32183E #55296A #783A96 #9A52BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#55296A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55296A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55296A

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55296A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55296A	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55296a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.115 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876595',
    500: '#55296a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55296a;
$custom-light: #876595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55296a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.615,
    "s": 44.218,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37098,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55296A

secondary

#6A9C52

accent

#D4547D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55296A

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

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