#55309C#55309C

#55309C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.166 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55309C
RGB	rgb(85, 48, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 41.72, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 67.42, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0666 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.166 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8024, 6.4452, 32.1209)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.89

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55309C #779C30

analogous

#30419C #55309C #8B309C

triadic

#55309C #9C5530 #309C55

tetradic

#55309C #9C3041 #779C30 #309C8B

square

#55309C #9C3041 #779C30 #309C8B

split-complementary

#55309C #9C8B30 #419C30

monochromatic

#22133E #3C226D #55309C #7044C5 #9473D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#55309C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#55309C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55309C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55309C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55309C	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55309c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 48, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.166 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6bba',
    500: '#55309c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55309c;
$custom-light: #8b6bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55309c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41921,
    "c": 0.16551,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55309C

secondary

#A0BC6C

accent

#DC4BAB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55309C

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

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