#55359D#55359D

#55359D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.160 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55359D
RGBrgb(85, 53, 157)
HSLhsl(258, 50%, 41%)
HSVhsv(258, 66%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(45.9%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(31.60, 39.23, -51.78)
CIE-LCHlch(31.60, 64.96, 307.15°)
OKLaboklab(42.73% 0.0612 -0.1481)
OKLCHoklch(42.73% 0.16 292.4)
XYZxyz(11.1035, 6.9115, 32.6408)
Luminance0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55359D #7D9D35
analogous
#35499D #55359D #89359D
triadic
#55359D #9D5535 #359D55
tetradic
#55359D #9D3549 #7D9D35 #359D89
square
#55359D #9D3549 #7D9D35 #359D89
split-complementary
#55359D #9D8935 #499D35
monochromatic
#231641 #3C266F #55359D #714CC3 #957AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81
#55359D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38
#55359D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55359D
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55359D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55359D1.008.812.388.81
#FFFFFF8.811.0021.001.00
#0000002.3821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.811.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004CA0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00489B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#404E64
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.160 292.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ebb',
    500: '#55359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55359d;
$custom-light: #8b6ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42734,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55359D
secondary
#A5BB73
accent
#D94FAE
background
#F8F6FB
surface
#F0ECF6
border
#CBC7D0
text
#0C0712
muted
#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55359D

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#55359D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva