#55218F#55218F

#55218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.169 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55218F
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.74, 45.73, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.74, 68.59, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0841 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.169 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2469, 5.0021, 26.4596)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55218F #5B8F21

analogous

#21248F #55218F #8C218F

triadic

#55218F #8F5521 #218F55

tetradic

#55218F #8F2124 #5B8F21 #218F8C

square

#55218F #8F2124 #5B8F21 #218F8C

split-complementary

#55218F #8F8C21 #248F21

monochromatic

#1A0A2C #37165D #55218F #732CC1 #9253D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#55218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#55218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55218F

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55218F	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.169 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62b1',
    500: '#55218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55218f;
$custom-light: #8b62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38908,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55218F

secondary

#89BB51

accent

#E64298

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55218F

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

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