#55299C#55299C

#55299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.174 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55299C
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 45.37, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 71.36, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0736 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.174 295)
XYZ	xyz(10.5384, 5.9172, 32.0329)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55299C #709C29

analogous

#29369C #55299C #8E299C

triadic

#55299C #9C5529 #299C55

tetradic

#55299C #9C2936 #709C29 #299C8E

square

#55299C #9C2936 #709C29 #299C8E

split-complementary

#55299C #9C8E29 #369C29

monochromatic

#20103B #3B1C6C #55299C #7038CB #9368D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#55299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#55299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55299C

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55299C	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.174 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67ba',
    500: '#55299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55299c;
$custom-light: #8c67ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.957,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40991,
    "c": 0.17404,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55299C

secondary

#9BBE63

accent

#E246A6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55299C

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

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