#55218C#55218C

#55218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.165 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55218C
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 44.97, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 67.00, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0849 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.165 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0226, 4.9124, 25.2787)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55218C #588C21

analogous

#21228C #55218C #8B218C

triadic

#55218C #8C5521 #218C55

tetradic

#55218C #8C2122 #588C21 #218C8B

square

#55218C #8C2122 #588C21 #218C8B

split-complementary

#55218C #8C8B21 #228C21

monochromatic

#190A29 #37155A #55218C #732DBE #9251D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#55218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#55218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55218C

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55218C	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.165 300.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38647,
    "c": 0.16526,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55218C

secondary

#86B94F

accent

#E54396

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55218C

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

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