#5539AA#5539AA

#5539AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.171 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5539AA
RGB	rgb(85, 57, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 40.76, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 69.72, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0553 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.171 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4630, 7.7593, 38.8634)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.25

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5539AA #8EAA39

analogous

#3956AA #5539AA #8E39AA

triadic

#5539AA #AA5539 #39AA55

tetradic

#5539AA #AA3956 #8EAA39 #39AA8E

square

#5539AA #AA3956 #8EAA39 #39AA8E

split-complementary

#5539AA #AA8E39 #56AA39

monochromatic

#271A4E #3E2A7C #5539AA #7459C7 #9B87D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#5539AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5539AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5539AA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5539AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5539AA	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5539aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 57, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.171 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c71c4',
    500: '#5539aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5539aa;
$custom-light: #8c71c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5539aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.867,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44408,
    "c": 0.17133,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5539AA

secondary

#B0C17E

accent

#D94EB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5539AA

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

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