#55358D#55358D

#55358D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.140 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55358D
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 34.66, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 55.96, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0625 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.14 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8259, 6.4004, 25.9119)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 9.01

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55358D #6D8D35

analogous

#35418D #55358D #81358D

triadic

#55358D #8D5535 #358D55

tetradic

#55358D #8D3541 #6D8D35 #358D81

square

#55358D #8D3541 #6D8D35 #358D81

split-complementary

#55358D #8D8135 #418D35

monochromatic

#1F1434 #3A2461 #55358D #7046B9 #9272CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#55358D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#55358D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55358D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55358D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55358D	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55358d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.140 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896eaf',
    500: '#55358d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55358d;
$custom-light: #896eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55358d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41481,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55358D

secondary

#99B26B

accent

#D553A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55358D

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

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