#55338C#55338C

#55338C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.141 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55338C
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.89, 35.55, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.89, 56.67, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% 0.0651 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.141 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6626, 6.1922, 25.4920)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55338C #6A8C33

analogous

#333E8C #55338C #81338C

triadic

#55338C #8C5533 #338C55

tetradic

#55338C #8C333E #6A8C33 #338C81

square

#55338C #8C333E #6A8C33 #338C81

split-complementary

#55338C #8C8133 #3E8C33

monochromatic

#1F1232 #3A235F #55338C #7043B9 #926FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#55338C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#55338C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55338C

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55338C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55338C	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07458A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55338c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.141 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896cae',
    500: '#55338c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55338c;
$custom-light: #896cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55338c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.921,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41087,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55338C

secondary

#96B268

accent

#D652A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55338C

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

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