#55337A#55337A

#55337A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.118 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55337A
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 122)
HSL	hsl(269, 41%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 58.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 30.62, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 46.43, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0654 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.118 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4422, 5.7041, 19.0648)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55337A #587A33

analogous

#33357A #55337A #79337A

triadic

#55337A #7A5533 #337A55

tetradic

#55337A #7A3335 #587A33 #337A79

square

#55337A #7A3335 #587A33 #337A79

split-complementary

#55337A #7A7933 #357A33

monochromatic

#190F24 #37214F #55337A #7345A5 #9268C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#55337A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#55337A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55337A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55337A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55337A	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17437C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55337a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.118 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ca1',
    500: '#55337a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55337a;
$custom-light: #876ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55337a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 41.04,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39786,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55337A

secondary

#86A861

accent

#D15796

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55337A

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

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