#55339C#55339C

#55339C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.162 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55339C
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 40.07, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 65.63, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.0634 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.162 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9292, 6.6989, 32.1632)
Luminance	0.0670 (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

#55339C #7A9C33

analogous

#33459C #55339C #8A339C

triadic

#55339C #9C5533 #339C55

tetradic

#55339C #9C3345 #7A9C33 #339C8A

square

#55339C #9C3345 #7A9C33 #339C8A

split-complementary

#55339C #9C8A33 #459C33

monochromatic

#231540 #3C246E #55339C #7049C3 #9577D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#55339C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#55339C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55339C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55339C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55339C	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55339c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.162 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6dba',
    500: '#55339c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55339c;
$custom-light: #8b6dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55339c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42354,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55339C

secondary

#A3BB70

accent

#DA4EAD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55339C

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

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