#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
RGBrgb(85, 53, 123)
HSLhsl(267, 40%, 35%)
HSVhsv(267, 57%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(30.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(29.18, 29.68, -34.69)
CIE-LCHlch(29.18, 45.66, 310.55°)
OKLaboklab(40.19% 0.0626 -0.0979)
OKLCHoklch(40.19% 0.116 302.6)
XYZxyz(8.5938, 5.9076, 19.4226)
Luminance0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##55357B1.009.632.189.63
#FFFFFF9.631.0021.001.00
#0000002.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.631.0021.001.00

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

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#55357B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva