#55338A#55338A

#55338A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.139 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55338A
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 63%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 34.99, -43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 55.54, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0652 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.139 298)
XYZ	xyz(9.5164, 6.1338, 24.7224)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55338A #688A33

analogous

#333D8A #55338A #81338A

triadic

#55338A #8A5533 #338A55

tetradic

#55338A #8A333D #688A33 #338A81

square

#55338A #8A333D #688A33 #338A81

split-complementary

#55338A #8A8133 #3D8A33

monochromatic

#1E1231 #39225D #55338A #7144B7 #926EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#55338A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#55338A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55338A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55338A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55338A	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D4588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55338a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.139 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cad',
    500: '#55338a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55338a;
$custom-light: #896cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55338a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.448,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40936,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.06134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55338A

secondary

#94B167

accent

#D652A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55338A

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

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