#55217E#55217E

#55217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.150 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55217E
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 41.45, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 59.55, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0878 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.15 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0552, 4.5254, 20.1838)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55217E #4A7E21

analogous

#26217E #55217E #7E2178

triadic

#55217E #7E5521 #217E55

tetradic

#55217E #7E2621 #4A7E21 #21787E

square

#55217E #7E2621 #4A7E21 #21787E

split-complementary

#55217E #787E21 #217E26

monochromatic

#14081D #34144E #55217E #762EAE #954AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#55217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55217E

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55217E	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.150 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a4',
    500: '#55217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55217e;
$custom-light: #8961a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37478,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55217E

secondary

#77B14A

accent

#E2468B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55217E

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

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