#55496B#55496B

#55496B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.057 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55496B
RGB	rgb(85, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(261, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 12.79, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 21.97, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0287 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.057 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7821, 7.7579, 14.9418)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55496B #5F6B49

analogous

#494E6B #55496B #66496B

triadic

#55496B #6B5549 #496B55

tetradic

#55496B #6B494E #5F6B49 #496B66

square

#55496B #6B494E #5F6B49 #496B66

split-complementary

#55496B #6B6649 #4E6B49

monochromatic

#1B1722 #383047 #55496B #72628F #9184AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#55496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#55496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55496B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55496B	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.057 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857b95',
    500: '#55496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55496b;
$custom-light: #857b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43147,
    "c": 0.05693,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55496B

secondary

#8D9878

accent

#BC6CA0

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF1

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55496B

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

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