#55445E#55445E

#55445E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.048 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55445E
RGB	rgb(85, 68, 94)
HSL	hsl(279, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 12.77, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 17.95, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0329 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.048 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8335, 6.8738, 11.5016)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55445E #4D5E44

analogous

#48445E #55445E #5E445A

triadic

#55445E #5E5544 #445E55

tetradic

#55445E #5E4844 #4D5E44 #445A5E

square

#55445E #5E4844 #4D5E44 #445A5E

split-complementary

#55445E #5A5E44 #445E48

monochromatic

#151117 #352A3A #55445E #755E82 #947CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#55445E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#55445E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55445E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55445E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55445E	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40495F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54474D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55445e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 68, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.048 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85788b',
    500: '#55445e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55445e;
$custom-light: #85788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55445e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41462,
    "c": 0.04751,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55445E

secondary

#7B8D71

accent

#B96F89

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0B080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55445E

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

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