#55218D#55218D

#55218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.166 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55218D
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 45.22, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 67.53, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0846 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.166 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0967, 4.9420, 25.6688)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55218D #598D21

analogous

#21238D #55218D #8B218D

triadic

#55218D #8D5521 #218D55

tetradic

#55218D #8D2123 #598D21 #218D8B

square

#55218D #8D2123 #598D21 #218D8B

split-complementary

#55218D #8D8B21 #238D21

monochromatic

#190A2A #37155B #55218D #732DBF #9252D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#55218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55218D

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55218D	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.166 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62af',
    500: '#55218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55218d;
$custom-light: #8a62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38734,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55218D

secondary

#87BA50

accent

#E54397

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55218D

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

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