#55298B#55298B

#55298B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.154 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55298B
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 40.79, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 62.17, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0769 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.154 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1983, 5.3812, 24.9751)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55298B #5F8B29

analogous

#292E8B #55298B #86298B

triadic

#55298B #8B5529 #298B55

tetradic

#55298B #8B292E #5F8B29 #298B86

square

#55298B #8B292E #5F8B29 #298B86

split-complementary

#55298B #8B8629 #2E8B29

monochromatic

#1B0D2C #381B5C #55298B #7237BA #915FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#55298B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#55298B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55298B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55298B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55298B	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55298b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.154 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66ae',
    500: '#55298b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55298b;
$custom-light: #8a66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55298b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39551,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55298B

secondary

#8DB55B

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55298B

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

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