#55296E#55296E

#55296E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.120 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55296E
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 62.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 33.34, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 46.21, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.0792 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.12 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3532, 4.6431, 15.2577)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 7.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55296E #426E29

analogous

#33296E #55296E #6E2965

triadic

#55296E #6E5529 #296E55

tetradic

#55296E #6E3329 #426E29 #29656E

square

#55296E #6E3329 #426E29 #29656E

split-complementary

#55296E #656E29 #296E33

monochromatic

#110816 #331841 #55296E #773A9B #9853BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#55296E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#55296E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55296E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55296E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55296E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55296e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.120 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876598',
    500: '#55296e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55296e;
$custom-light: #876598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55296e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 45.695,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37368,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55296E

secondary

#6FA053

accent

#D55282

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55296E

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

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