#55409F#55409F

#55409F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.147 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55409F
RGB	rgb(85, 64, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 59.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 33.34, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 59.10, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.0485 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.148 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8359, 8.1008, 33.7342)
Luminance	0.0810 (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

#55409F #8A9F40

analogous

#405A9F #55409F #84409F

triadic

#55409F #9F5540 #409F55

tetradic

#55409F #9F405A #8A9F40 #409F84

square

#55409F #9F405A #8A9F40 #409F84

split-complementary

#55409F #9F8440 #5A9F40

monochromatic

#261D48 #3E2E73 #55409F #735EBE #998AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#55409F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#55409F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55409F

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55409F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55409F	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55409f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 64, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.147 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a76bc',
    500: '#55409f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55409f;
$custom-light: #8a76bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55409f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.263,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44665,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55409F

secondary

#AEBB80

accent

#D255B7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55409F

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

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