#55219F#55219F

#55219F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.186 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55219F
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 159)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 79.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 49.87, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 76.94, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0797 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.186 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5465, 5.5219, 33.3043)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55219F #6B9F21

analogous

#212C9F #55219F #94219F

triadic

#55219F #9F5521 #219F55

tetradic

#55219F #9F212C #6B9F21 #219F94

square

#55219F #9F212C #6B9F21 #219F94

split-complementary

#55219F #9F9421 #2C9F21

monochromatic

#1F0C3A #3A166C #55219F #702CD2 #925DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#55219F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#55219F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55219F

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55219F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55219F	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55219f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.186 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63bc',
    500: '#55219f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55219f;
$custom-light: #8d63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55219f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.762,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40351,
    "c": 0.18592,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55219F

secondary

#97C25A

accent

#E93FA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55219F

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

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