#55219B#55219B

#55219B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.182 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55219B
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 78.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 48.83, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 74.87, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0809 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.182 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2050, 5.3853, 31.5058)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55219B #679B21

analogous

#212A9B #55219B #92219B

triadic

#55219B #9B5521 #219B55

tetradic

#55219B #9B212A #679B21 #219B92

square

#55219B #9B212A #679B21 #219B92

split-complementary

#55219B #9B9221 #2A9B21

monochromatic

#1E0C36 #391669 #55219B #712CCD #925ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#55219B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#55219B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55219B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55219B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55219B	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55219b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.182 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63b9',
    500: '#55219b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55219b;
$custom-light: #8c63b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55219b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.574,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39982,
    "c": 0.1816,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55219B

secondary

#94C058

accent

#E840A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55219B

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

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