#55218E#55218E

#55218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.167 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55218E
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 45.48, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 68.06, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0844 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.167 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1714, 4.9719, 26.0624)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55218E #5A8E21

analogous

#21238E #55218E #8C218E

triadic

#55218E #8E5521 #218E55

tetradic

#55218E #8E2123 #5A8E21 #218E8C

square

#55218E #8E2123 #5A8E21 #218E8C

split-complementary

#55218E #8E8C21 #238E21

monochromatic

#1A0A2B #37155C #55218E #732DC0 #9252D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#55218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55218E

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55218E	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.167 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62b0',
    500: '#55218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55218e;
$custom-light: #8b62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.624,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38821,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55218E

secondary

#88BA50

accent

#E54298

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55218E

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

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