#55219C#55219C

#55219C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.183 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55219C
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 156)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 78.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 49.09, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 75.39, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0806 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.183 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.2893, 5.4191, 31.9499)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55219C #689C21

analogous

#212B9C #55219C #93219C

triadic

#55219C #9C5521 #219C55

tetradic

#55219C #9C212B #689C21 #219C93

square

#55219C #9C212B #689C21 #219C93

split-complementary

#55219C #9C9321 #2B9C21

monochromatic

#1E0C37 #391669 #55219C #712CCF #925BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#55219C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#55219C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55219C

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55219C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55219C	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55219c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.183 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63ba',
    500: '#55219c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55219c;
$custom-light: #8c63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55219c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40074,
    "c": 0.18267,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55219C

secondary

#94C158

accent

#E840A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55219C

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

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