#55475E#55475E

#55475E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.041 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55475E
RGB	rgb(85, 71, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 14%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 24%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 10.85, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 15.69, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0277 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.041 312)
XYZ	xyz(8.0196, 7.2460, 11.5636)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55475E #505E47

analogous

#4A475E #55475E #5E475B

triadic

#55475E #5E5547 #475E55

tetradic

#55475E #5E4A47 #505E47 #475B5E

square

#55475E #5E4A47 #505E47 #475B5E

split-complementary

#55475E #5B5E47 #475E4A

monochromatic

#161218 #352D3B #55475E #756181 #93809F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#55475E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#55475E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55475E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55475E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55475E	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55475e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 71, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.041 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857a8b',
    500: '#55475e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55475e;
$custom-light: #857a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55475e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 13.939,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4211,
    "c": 0.04138,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.07246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55475E

secondary

#7E8D74

accent

#B7718C

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0B090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55475E

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

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