#55337D#55337D

#55337D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.122 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55337D
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 42%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 59.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 31.42, -36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 48.14, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.0654 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.122 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6310, 5.7796, 20.0589)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55337D #5B7D33

analogous

#33367D #55337D #7A337D

triadic

#55337D #7D5533 #337D55

tetradic

#55337D #7D3336 #5B7D33 #337D7A

square

#55337D #7D3336 #5B7D33 #337D7A

split-complementary

#55337D #7D7A33 #367D33

monochromatic

#1A1026 #372152 #55337D #7345A8 #9269C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#55337D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#55337D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55337D

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55337D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55337D	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21447B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55337d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.122 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ca3',
    500: '#55337d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55337d;
$custom-light: #886ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55337d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 42.045,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39993,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55337D

secondary

#89AA62

accent

#D25699

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55337D

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

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