#55227D#55227D

#55227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.147 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55227D
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.43, 40.72, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.43, 58.48, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0869 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.147 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0192, 4.5561, 19.8550)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55227D #4A7D22

analogous

#27227D #55227D #7D2277

triadic

#55227D #7D5522 #227D55

tetradic

#55227D #7D2722 #4A7D22 #22777D

square

#55227D #7D2722 #4A7D22 #22777D

split-complementary

#55227D #777D22 #227D27

monochromatic

#14081D #34154D #55227D #762FAD #954BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#55227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55227D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55227D	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.147 306.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3752,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55227D

secondary

#77B04B

accent

#E0478B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55227D

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

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