#55217D#55217D

#55217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.149 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55217D
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 41.20, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 59.02, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.088 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.149 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9910, 4.4998, 19.8456)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55217D #497D21

analogous

#27217D #55217D #7D2177

triadic

#55217D #7D5521 #217D55

tetradic

#55217D #7D2721 #497D21 #21777D

square

#55217D #7D2721 #497D21 #21777D

split-complementary

#55217D #777D21 #217D27

monochromatic

#13071C #34144D #55217D #762EAD #9549CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#55217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#55217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55217D

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55217D	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.149 306.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37398,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55217D

secondary

#76B04A

accent

#E1468A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55217D

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

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