#55297D#55297D

#55297D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.138 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55297D
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 67.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 37.12, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 54.48, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0786 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.138 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2401, 4.9979, 19.9286)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55297D #517D29

analogous

#2B297D #55297D #7D297B

triadic

#55297D #7D5529 #297D55

tetradic

#55297D #7D2B29 #517D29 #297B7D

square

#55297D #7D2B29 #517D29 #297B7D

split-complementary

#55297D #7B7D29 #297D2B

monochromatic

#160B21 #361A4F #55297D #7438AB #9358C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#55297D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#55297D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55297D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55297D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55297D	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55297d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.138 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866a3',
    500: '#55297d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55297d;
$custom-light: #8866a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55297d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 50.602,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55297D

secondary

#7FAE54

accent

#DA4E91

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55297D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →