#55299A#55299A

#55299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.172 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55299A
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 44.82, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 70.29, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.074 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.172 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3704, 5.8500, 31.1484)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55299A #6E9A29

analogous

#29359A #55299A #8D299A

triadic

#55299A #9A5529 #299A55

tetradic

#55299A #9A2935 #6E9A29 #299A8D

square

#55299A #9A2935 #6E9A29 #299A8D

split-complementary

#55299A #9A8D29 #359A29

monochromatic

#200F39 #3A1C6A #55299A #7037CA #9267D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#55299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#55299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55299A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55299A	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.172 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b67b9',
    500: '#55299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55299a;
$custom-light: #8b67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.363,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40817,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55299A

secondary

#99BD62

accent

#E147A5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55299A

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

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