#55388E#55388E

#55388E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.137 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55388E
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 33.17, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 54.59, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0587 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.137 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0417, 6.7124, 26.3525)
Luminance	0.0671 (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

#55388E #718E38

analogous

#38468E #55388E #80388E

triadic

#55388E #8E5538 #388E55

tetradic

#55388E #8E3846 #718E38 #388E80

square

#55388E #8E3846 #718E38 #388E80

split-complementary

#55388E #8E8038 #468E38

monochromatic

#201536 #3B2762 #55388E #704BB8 #9377C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#55388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#55388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55388E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55388E	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.137 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970b0',
    500: '#55388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55388e;
$custom-light: #8970b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.233,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42045,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55388E

secondary

#9CB26F

accent

#D355A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55388E

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

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