#55299E#55299E

#55299E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.176 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55299E
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 158)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, 45.91, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 72.43, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0731 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.176 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7091, 5.9855, 32.9322)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55299E #729E29

analogous

#29389E #55299E #90299E

triadic

#55299E #9E5529 #299E55

tetradic

#55299E #9E2938 #729E29 #299E90

square

#55299E #9E2938 #729E29 #299E90

split-complementary

#55299E #9E9029 #389E29

monochromatic

#21103D #3B1C6D #55299E #7039CC #9369D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#55299E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#55299E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55299E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55299E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55299E	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55299e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.176 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c67bc',
    500: '#55299e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55299e;
$custom-light: #8c67bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55299e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.564,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41167,
    "c": 0.17634,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55299E

secondary

#9DBF64

accent

#E246A7

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55299E

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

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