#55227B#55227B

#55227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.145 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55227B
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 40.22, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 57.41, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0872 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.145 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8927, 4.5055, 19.1889)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55227B #487B22

analogous

#28227B #55227B #7B2274

triadic

#55227B #7B5522 #227B55

tetradic

#55227B #7B2822 #487B22 #22747B

square

#55227B #7B2822 #487B22 #22747B

split-complementary

#55227B #747B22 #227B28

monochromatic

#13071B #34154B #55227B #762FAB #954ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#55227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#55227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55227B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55227B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.145 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a2',
    500: '#55227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55227b;
$custom-light: #8962a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37361,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55227B

secondary

#75AE4B

accent

#E04889

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55227B

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

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