#55337E#55337E

#55337E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.123 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55337E
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 42%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 31.69, -37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 48.71, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0655 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.123 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.6952, 5.8053, 20.3971)
Luminance	0.0580 (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

#55337E #5C7E33

analogous

#33377E #55337E #7B337E

triadic

#55337E #7E5533 #337E55

tetradic

#55337E #7E3337 #5C7E33 #337E7B

square

#55337E #7E3337 #5C7E33 #337E7B

split-complementary

#55337E #7E7B33 #377E33

monochromatic

#1A1027 #382152 #55337E #7245AA #9269C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#55337E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#55337E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55337E

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55337E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55337E	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20447C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55337e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.123 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ca4',
    500: '#55337e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55337e;
$custom-light: #886ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55337e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40063,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55337E

secondary

#8AAA63

accent

#D2569A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55337E

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

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