#55218B#55218B

#55218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.164 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55218B
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 44.71, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 66.48, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0851 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.164 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9492, 4.8830, 24.8921)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55218B #578B21

analogous

#21228B #55218B #8A218B

triadic

#55218B #8B5521 #218B55

tetradic

#55218B #8B2122 #578B21 #218B8A

square

#55218B #8B2122 #578B21 #218B8A

split-complementary

#55218B #8B8A21 #228B21

monochromatic

#190A28 #37155A #55218B #732DBC #9251D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#55218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#55218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55218B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55218B	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.164 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62ae',
    500: '#55218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55218b;
$custom-light: #8a62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38561,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55218B

secondary

#85B94F

accent

#E54395

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55218B

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

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