#55299B#55299B

#55299B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.173 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55299B
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 45.09, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 70.82, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0738 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.173 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4541, 5.8835, 31.5888)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55299B #6F9B29

analogous

#29369B #55299B #8E299B

triadic

#55299B #9B5529 #299B55

tetradic

#55299B #9B2936 #6F9B29 #299B8E

square

#55299B #9B2936 #6F9B29 #299B8E

split-complementary

#55299B #9B8E29 #369B29

monochromatic

#200F3A #3A1C6B #55299B #7037CA #9267D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#55299B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#55299B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55299B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55299B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55299B	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55299b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.173 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67b9',
    500: '#55299b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55299b;
$custom-light: #8c67b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55299b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40904,
    "c": 0.17289,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55299B

secondary

#9ABD63

accent

#E146A6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55299B

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

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