#55357B#55357B

#55357B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.116 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55357B
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, 29.68, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 45.66, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0626 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.116 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5938, 5.9076, 19.4226)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55357B #5B7B35

analogous

#35387B #55357B #78357B

triadic

#55357B #7B5535 #357B55

tetradic

#55357B #7B3538 #5B7B35 #357B78

square

#55357B #7B3538 #5B7B35 #357B78

split-complementary

#55357B #7B7835 #387B35

monochromatic

#1A1025 #372350 #55357B #7347A6 #926BBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#55357B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#55357B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55357B

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55357B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55357B	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B447D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55357b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.116 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876da1',
    500: '#55357b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55357b;
$custom-light: #876da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55357b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 39.773,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40193,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55357B

secondary

#89A864

accent

#D05899

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF3

border

#CBC7CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55357B

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

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