#55217C#55217C

#55217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.148 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55217C
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 40.95, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 58.48, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0881 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.148 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9275, 4.4743, 19.5109)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55217C #487C21

analogous

#27217C #55217C #7C2175

triadic

#55217C #7C5521 #217C55

tetradic

#55217C #7C2721 #487C21 #21757C

square

#55217C #7C2721 #487C21 #21757C

split-complementary

#55217C #757C21 #217C27

monochromatic

#13071B #34144C #55217C #762EAC #9549CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#55217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#55217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55217C

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55217C	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.148 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a3',
    500: '#55217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55217c;
$custom-light: #8961a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37318,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55217C

secondary

#75AF4A

accent

#E14789

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55217C

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

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