#55307E#55307E

#55307E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.128 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55307E
RGB	rgb(85, 48, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 33.45, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 50.67, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0695 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.128 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5683, 5.5516, 20.3548)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55307E #597E30

analogous

#30327E #55307E #7C307E

triadic

#55307E #7E5530 #307E55

tetradic

#55307E #7E3032 #597E30 #307E7C

square

#55307E #7E3032 #597E30 #307E7C

split-complementary

#55307E #7E7C30 #327E30

monochromatic

#190E25 #371F52 #55307E #7341AA #9264C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#55307E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#55307E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55307E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55307E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55307E	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#074281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B427C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55307e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 48, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.128 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886aa4',
    500: '#55307e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55307e;
$custom-light: #886aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55307e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.462,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39577,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55307E

secondary

#87AB5F

accent

#D55397

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55307E

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

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