#55309A#55309A

#55309A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.163 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55309A
RGB	rgb(85, 48, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 41.16, -52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 66.32, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0669 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.163 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6344, 6.3780, 31.2364)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.18

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55309A #759A30

analogous

#30409A #55309A #8A309A

triadic

#55309A #9A5530 #309A55

tetradic

#55309A #9A3040 #759A30 #309A8A

square

#55309A #9A3040 #759A30 #309A8A

split-complementary

#55309A #9A8A30 #409A30

monochromatic

#21133D #3B216B #55309A #7043C4 #9372D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#55309A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#55309A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55309A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55309A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55309A	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55309a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 48, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.163 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6bb9',
    500: '#55309a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55309a;
$custom-light: #8b6bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55309a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.943,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41754,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55309A

secondary

#9FBB6B

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55309A

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

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