#55217A#55217A

#55217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.145 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55217A
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 40.46, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 57.41, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0884 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.145 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8023, 4.4243, 18.8515)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55217A #467A21

analogous

#28217A #55217A #7A2172

triadic

#55217A #7A5521 #217A55

tetradic

#55217A #7A2821 #467A21 #21727A

square

#55217A #7A2821 #467A21 #21727A

split-complementary

#55217A #727A21 #217A28

monochromatic

#12071A #33144A #55217A #772EAA #9648CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#55217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55217A

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55217A	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.145 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a1',
    500: '#55217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55217a;
$custom-light: #8961a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.056,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37159,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55217A

secondary

#73AD4A

accent

#E14787

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55217A

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

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