#5535B5#5535B5

#5535B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.190 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5535B5
RGB	rgb(85, 53, 181)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 70.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 46.20, -62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 78.07, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.0573 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.19 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.3574, 7.8130, 44.5113)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#5535B5 #95B535

analogous

#3555B5 #5535B5 #9535B5

triadic

#5535B5 #B55535 #35B555

tetradic

#5535B5 #B53555 #95B535 #35B595

square

#5535B5 #B53555 #95B535 #35B595

split-complementary

#5535B5 #B59535 #55B535

monochromatic

#291956 #3F2786 #5535B5 #7659CE #9D88DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5535B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5535B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5535B5

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5535B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5535B5	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5535b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 53, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.190 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6fcc',
    500: '#5535b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5535b5;
$custom-light: #8e6fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5535b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44775,
    "c": 0.18971,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5535B5

secondary

#B5C680

accent

#DE4AB9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5535B5

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

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