#5538AA#5538AA

#5538AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.173 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5538AA
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 41.33, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 70.33, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.0563 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.173 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4141, 7.6614, 38.8471)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.45

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5538AA #8DAA38

analogous

#3854AA #5538AA #8E38AA

triadic

#5538AA #AA5538 #38AA55

tetradic

#5538AA #AA3854 #8DAA38 #38AA8E

square

#5538AA #AA3854 #8DAA38 #38AA8E

split-complementary

#5538AA #AA8E38 #54AA38

monochromatic

#271A4E #3E297C #5538AA #7457C8 #9A85D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5538AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5538AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5538AA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5538AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5538AA	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5538aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.173 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70c4',
    500: '#5538aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5538aa;
$custom-light: #8d70c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5538aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44257,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5538AA

secondary

#B0C17D

accent

#DA4EB6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5538AA

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

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