#55495C#55495C

#55495C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.034 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55495C
RGB	rgb(85, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 9.10, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 13.02, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.0235 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.034 313)
XYZ	xyz(8.0603, 7.4692, 11.1402)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55495C #505C49

analogous

#4C495C #55495C #5C4959

triadic

#55495C #5C5549 #495C55

tetradic

#55495C #5C4C49 #505C49 #49595C

square

#55495C #5C4C49 #505C49 #49595C

split-complementary

#55495C #595C49 #495C4C

monochromatic

#161318 #352E3A #55495C #75647E #93839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#55495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#55495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55495C

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55495C	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.034 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857b8a',
    500: '#55495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55495c;
$custom-light: #857b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42463,
    "c": 0.03442,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.07469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55495C

secondary

#7E8B76

accent

#B4738B

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55495C

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

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