#55307D#55307D

#55307D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.127 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55307D
RGB	rgb(85, 48, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 61.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 33.19, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 50.11, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0695 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.127 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5041, 5.5259, 20.0166)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55307D #587D30

analogous

#30327D #55307D #7C307D

triadic

#55307D #7D5530 #307D55

tetradic

#55307D #7D3032 #587D30 #307D7C

square

#55307D #7D3032 #587D30 #307D7C

split-complementary

#55307D #7D7C30 #327D30

monochromatic

#190E25 #371F51 #55307D #7341A9 #9264C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#55307D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#55307D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55307D

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55307D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55307D	1.00	9.98	2.11	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A427F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55307d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 48, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.127 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886aa3',
    500: '#55307d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55307d;
$custom-light: #886aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55307d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.831,
    "s": 44.509,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39505,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55307D

secondary

#86AB5E

accent

#D45496

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55307D

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

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