#55216F#55216F

#55216F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.133 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55216F
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 37.81, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 51.53, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0897 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.133 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1589, 4.1669, 15.4630)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55216F #3B6F21

analogous

#2E216F #55216F #6F2162

triadic

#55216F #6F5521 #216F55

tetradic

#55216F #6F2E21 #3B6F21 #21626F

square

#55216F #6F2E21 #3B6F21 #21626F

split-complementary

#55216F #626F21 #216F2E

monochromatic

#120718 #311340 #55216F #792F9E #9B43C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#55216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#55216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55216F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55216F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.133 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886199',
    500: '#55216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55216f;
$custom-light: #886199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36321,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55216F

secondary

#67A349

accent

#DE4A7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55216F

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

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