#55388D#55388D

#55388D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.135 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55388D
RGBrgb(85, 56, 141)
HSLhsl(260, 43%, 39%)
HSVhsv(260, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(31.07, 32.88, -42.85)
CIE-LCHlch(31.07, 54.02, 307.50°)
OKLaboklab(41.97% 0.0588 -0.1218)
OKLCHoklch(41.97% 0.135 295.7)
XYZxyz(9.9670, 6.6825, 25.9589)
Luminance0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55388D #708D38
analogous
#38458D #55388D #7F388D
triadic
#55388D #8D5538 #388D55
tetradic
#55388D #8D3845 #708D38 #388D7F
square
#55388D #8D3845 #708D38 #388D7F
split-complementary
#55388D #8D7F38 #458D38
monochromatic
#201535 #3B2761 #55388D #704BB7 #9377C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99
#55388D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34
#55388D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55388D
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55388D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55388D1.008.992.348.99
#FFFFFF8.991.0021.001.00
#0000002.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#034A90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#13488B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#474A5D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55388d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.135 295.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970af',
    500: '#55388d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55388d;
$custom-light: #8970af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55388d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.471,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41972,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55388D
secondary
#9BB26F
accent
#D355A8
background
#F8F6FA
surface
#F0ECF4
border
#CBC7CE
text
#0C0710
muted
#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

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#55388D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva