#55338D#55338D

#55338D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.143 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55338D
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, 35.82, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 57.24, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.065 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.143 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7366, 6.2219, 25.8821)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55338D #6B8D33

analogous

#333E8D #55338D #82338D

triadic

#55338D #8D5533 #338D55

tetradic

#55338D #8D333E #6B8D33 #338D82

square

#55338D #8D333E #6B8D33 #338D82

split-complementary

#55338D #8D8233 #3E8D33

monochromatic

#1F1233 #3A2360 #55338D #7043BA #926FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#55338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#55338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55338D

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55338D	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.143 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896caf',
    500: '#55338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55338d;
$custom-light: #896caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41164,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55338D

secondary

#97B369

accent

#D751A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55338D

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

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