#55219E#55219E

#55219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.185 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55219E
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 49.61, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 76.42, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.08 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.185 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4601, 5.4874, 32.8492)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55219E #6A9E21

analogous

#212C9E #55219E #94219E

triadic

#55219E #9E5521 #219E55

tetradic

#55219E #9E212C #6A9E21 #219E94

square

#55219E #9E212C #6A9E21 #219E94

split-complementary

#55219E #9E9421 #2C9E21

monochromatic

#1F0C39 #3A166B #55219E #702CD1 #925CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#55219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#55219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55219E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55219E	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.185 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63bc',
    500: '#55219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55219e;
$custom-light: #8c63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.96,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40258,
    "c": 0.18484,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55219E

secondary

#96C159

accent

#E83FA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55219E

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

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