#55387E#55387E

#55387E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.115 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55387E
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 28.67, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 45.35, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0585 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.115 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9255, 6.2660, 20.4738)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55387E #617E38

analogous

#383E7E #55387E #78387E

triadic

#55387E #7E5538 #387E55

tetradic

#55387E #7E383E #617E38 #387E78

square

#55387E #7E383E #617E38 #387E78

split-complementary

#55387E #7E7838 #3E7E38

monochromatic

#1C1229 #382554 #55387E #724BA8 #9171C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#55387E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#55387E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55387E

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55387E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55387E	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27467C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55387e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.115 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fa4',
    500: '#55387e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55387e;
$custom-light: #876fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55387e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40915,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55387E

secondary

#8EA969

accent

#CE599E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55387E

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

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