#55299F#55299F

#55299F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.177 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55299F
RGB	rgb(85, 41, 159)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.46, 46.18, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.46, 72.96, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0729 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.177 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7956, 6.0201, 33.3874)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55299F #739F29

analogous

#29389F #55299F #90299F

triadic

#55299F #9F5529 #299F55

tetradic

#55299F #9F2938 #739F29 #299F90

square

#55299F #9F2938 #739F29 #299F90

split-complementary

#55299F #9F9029 #389F29

monochromatic

#21103E #3B1C6E #55299F #7039CC #936AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#55299F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#55299F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55299F

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55299F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55299F	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55299f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 41, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.177 294.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55299f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41256,
    "c": 0.17749,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55299F

secondary

#9DBF65

accent

#E246A8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55299F

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

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