#55307B#55307B

#55307B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.124 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55307B
RGB	rgb(85, 48, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 61%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 32.65, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 48.98, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% 0.0696 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.124 304)
XYZ	xyz(8.3776, 5.4753, 19.3505)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55307B #567B30

analogous

#30307B #55307B #7A307B

triadic

#55307B #7B5530 #307B55

tetradic

#55307B #7B3030 #567B30 #307B7A

square

#55307B #7B3030 #567B30 #307B7A

split-complementary

#55307B #7B7A30 #307B30

monochromatic

#180E23 #371F4F #55307B #7341A7 #9263C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#55307B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#55307B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55307B

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55307B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55307B	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E417D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55307b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 48, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.124 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886aa2',
    500: '#55307b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55307b;
$custom-light: #886aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55307b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39363,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55307B

secondary

#84A95D

accent

#D45495

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55307B

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

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