#55359F#55359F

#55359F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.163 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55359F
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 39.81, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 66.07, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.0609 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.163 292)
XYZ	xyz(11.2757, 6.9803, 33.5474)
Luminance	0.0698 (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

#55359F #7F9F35

analogous

#354A9F #55359F #8A359F

triadic

#55359F #9F5535 #359F55

tetradic

#55359F #9F354A #7F9F35 #359F8A

square

#55359F #9F354A #7F9F35 #359F8A

split-complementary

#55359F #9F8A35 #4A9F35

monochromatic

#241643 #3C2671 #55359F #714DC4 #967BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#55359F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#55359F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55359F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55359F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55359F	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55359f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.163 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ebc',
    500: '#55359f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55359f;
$custom-light: #8b6ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55359f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.113,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42897,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55359F

secondary

#A6BC74

accent

#DA4EAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55359F

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

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