#55339A#55339A

#55339A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.159 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55339A
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 66.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 39.50, -51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 64.52, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0637 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.159 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7613, 6.6317, 31.2786)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55339A #789A33

analogous

#33449A #55339A #89339A

triadic

#55339A #9A5533 #339A55

tetradic

#55339A #9A3344 #789A33 #339A89

square

#55339A #9A3344 #789A33 #339A89

split-complementary

#55339A #9A8933 #449A33

monochromatic

#22153E #3C246C #55339A #7048C2 #9476D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#55339A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#55339A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55339A

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55339A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55339A	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55339a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.159 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6db9',
    500: '#55339a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55339a;
$custom-light: #8b6db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55339a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.806,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4219,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55339A

secondary

#A1BA6F

accent

#DA4EAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55339A

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

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