#55428E#55428E

#55428E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.121 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55428E
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 53.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 27.03, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 47.90, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.0457 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.121 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5757, 7.7804, 26.5305)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55428E #7B8E42

analogous

#42558E #55428E #7B428E

triadic

#55428E #8E5542 #428E55

tetradic

#55428E #8E4255 #7B8E42 #428E7B

square

#55428E #8E4255 #7B8E42 #428E7B

split-complementary

#55428E #8E7B42 #558E42

monochromatic

#231B3A #3C2F64 #55428E #715BB3 #9584C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#55428E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#55428E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55428E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55428E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55428E	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55428e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.121 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8877af',
    500: '#55428e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55428e;
$custom-light: #8877af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55428e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43801,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55428E

secondary

#A3B17B

accent

#CD5BB0

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF5

border

#CBC8CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55428E

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

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