#55227E#55227E

#55227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.149 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55227E
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 40.97, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 59.02, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0867 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.149 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0834, 4.5818, 20.1931)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55227E #4B7E22

analogous

#27227E #55227E #7E2279

triadic

#55227E #7E5522 #227E55

tetradic

#55227E #7E2722 #4B7E22 #22797E

square

#55227E #7E2722 #4B7E22 #22797E

split-complementary

#55227E #797E22 #227E27

monochromatic

#14081E #34154E #55227E #762FAE #944CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#55227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#55227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55227E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55227E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.149 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a4',
    500: '#55227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55227e;
$custom-light: #8962a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.376,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55227E

secondary

#78B14B

accent

#E1478C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55227E

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

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