#55339B#55339B

#55339B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.160 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55339B
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 39.79, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 65.07, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0636 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.16 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8449, 6.6652, 31.7191)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#55339B #799B33

analogous

#33459B #55339B #89339B

triadic

#55339B #9B5533 #339B55

tetradic

#55339B #9B3345 #799B33 #339B89

square

#55339B #9B3345 #799B33 #339B89

split-complementary

#55339B #9B8933 #459B33

monochromatic

#22153F #3C246D #55339B #7048C3 #9476D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#55339B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#55339B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55339B

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55339B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55339B	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55339b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.160 293.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55339b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42272,
    "c": 0.16037,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55339B

secondary

#A2BA6F

accent

#DA4EAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55339B

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

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