#55379D#55379D

#55379D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.158 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55379D
RGB	rgb(85, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 38.09, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 63.72, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.059 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.158 292)
XYZ	xyz(11.1966, 7.0976, 32.6718)
Luminance	0.0710 (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

#55379D #7F9D37

analogous

#374C9D #55379D #88379D

triadic

#55379D #9D5537 #379D55

tetradic

#55379D #9D374C #7F9D37 #379D88

square

#55379D #9D374C #7F9D37 #379D88

split-complementary

#55379D #9D8837 #4C9D37

monochromatic

#241742 #3C2770 #55379D #7150C2 #967DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#55379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#55379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55379D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55379D	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.158 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fbb',
    500: '#55379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55379d;
$custom-light: #8b6fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4304,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.07098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55379D

secondary

#A6BB75

accent

#D850B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55379D

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

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