#55388F#55388F

#55388F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.138 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55388F
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 143)
HSL	hsl(260, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, 33.45, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 55.16, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0587 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.138 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1171, 6.7426, 26.7497)
Luminance	0.0674 (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

#55388F #728F38

analogous

#38478F #55388F #81388F

triadic

#55388F #8F5538 #388F55

tetradic

#55388F #8F3847 #728F38 #388F81

square

#55388F #8F3847 #728F38 #388F81

split-complementary

#55388F #8F8138 #478F38

monochromatic

#211637 #3B2763 #55388F #704BB9 #9377CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#55388F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#55388F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55388F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55388F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55388F	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F488D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55388f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.138 295.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55388f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42119,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55388F

secondary

#9DB370

accent

#D354A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55388F

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

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