#5535B3#5535B3

#5535B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.187 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5535B3
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 179)
HSL	hsl(255, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 45.62, -62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 77.00, 306.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0577 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.187 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1537, 7.7315, 43.4383)
Luminance	0.0773 (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

#5535B3 #93B335

analogous

#3554B3 #5535B3 #9435B3

triadic

#5535B3 #B35535 #35B355

tetradic

#5535B3 #B33554 #93B335 #35B394

square

#5535B3 #B33554 #93B335 #35B394

split-complementary

#5535B3 #B39435 #54B335

monochromatic

#281955 #3F2784 #5535B3 #7658CD #9C87DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#5535B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5535B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5535B3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5535B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5535B3	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5535b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.187 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6fcb',
    500: '#5535b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5535b3;
$custom-light: #8e6fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5535b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44598,
    "c": 0.18731,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5535B3

secondary

#B3C57F

accent

#DE4AB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5535B3

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

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