#55227C#55227C

#55227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.146 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55227C
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 40.47, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 57.95, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.087 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.146 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9556, 4.5307, 19.5203)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55227C #497C22

analogous

#28227C #55227C #7C2276

triadic

#55227C #7C5522 #227C55

tetradic

#55227C #7C2822 #497C22 #22767C

square

#55227C #7C2822 #497C22 #22767C

split-complementary

#55227C #767C22 #227C28

monochromatic

#13081C #34154C #55227C #762FAC #954BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#55227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55227C

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55227C	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.146 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a3',
    500: '#55227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55227c;
$custom-light: #8962a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3744,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55227C

secondary

#76AF4B

accent

#E0488A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55227C

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

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