#55296F#55296F

#55296F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.121 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55296F
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 63.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 33.59, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 46.76, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0792 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.121 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4080, 4.6650, 15.5460)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55296F #436F29

analogous

#32296F #55296F #6F2966

triadic

#55296F #6F5529 #296F55

tetradic

#55296F #6F3229 #436F29 #29666F

square

#55296F #6F3229 #436F29 #29666F

split-complementary

#55296F #666F29 #296F32

monochromatic

#110816 #331842 #55296F #773A9C #9753BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#55296F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#55296F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55296F

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55296F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55296F	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3B71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55296f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.121 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876599',
    500: '#55296f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55296f;
$custom-light: #876599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55296f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 46.053,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37437,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55296F

secondary

#70A153

accent

#D65283

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55296F

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

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