#55298E#55298E

#55298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.158 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55298E
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 41.59, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 63.81, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0764 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.158 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4205, 5.4700, 26.1454)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55298E #628E29

analogous

#292F8E #55298E #87298E

triadic

#55298E #8E5529 #298E55

tetradic

#55298E #8E292F #628E29 #298E87

square

#55298E #8E292F #628E29 #298E87

split-complementary

#55298E #8E8729 #2F8E29

monochromatic

#1C0E2F #391B5F #55298E #7137BD #9160D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#55298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#55298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55298E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55298E	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.158 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66b0',
    500: '#55298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55298e;
$custom-light: #8a66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.139,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39798,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55298E

secondary

#8FB75C

accent

#DF499E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55298E

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

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