#5535AE#5535AE

#5535AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.181 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5535AE
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 69.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 44.16, -59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 74.30, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.0586 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.181 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6572, 7.5329, 40.8233)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5535AE #8EAE35

analogous

#3551AE #5535AE #9235AE

triadic

#5535AE #AE5535 #35AE55

tetradic

#5535AE #AE3551 #8EAE35 #35AE92

square

#5535AE #AE3551 #8EAE35 #35AE92

split-complementary

#5535AE #AE9235 #51AE35

monochromatic

#271850 #3E277F #5535AE #7455CB #9B84DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#5535AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5535AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5535AE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5535AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5535AE	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35546D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5535ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.181 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6fc7',
    500: '#5535ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5535ae;
$custom-light: #8d6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5535ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.868,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44161,
    "c": 0.18124,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5535AE

secondary

#B0C37C

accent

#DD4BB6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5535AE

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

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