#55218A#55218A

#55218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.163 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55218A
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 44.46, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 65.95, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0853 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.163 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8765, 4.8539, 24.5091)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55218A #568A21

analogous

#21218A #55218A #89218A

triadic

#55218A #8A5521 #218A55

tetradic

#55218A #8A2121 #568A21 #218A89

square

#55218A #8A2121 #568A21 #218A89

split-complementary

#55218A #8A8921 #218A21

monochromatic

#180927 #371559 #55218A #732DBB #9250D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#55218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#55218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55218A

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55218A	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.163 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62ad',
    500: '#55218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55218a;
$custom-light: #8a62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38475,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55218A

secondary

#84B94E

accent

#E54395

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55218A

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

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