#55228B#55228B

#55228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.163 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55228B
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 44.25, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 65.97, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0841 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.163 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9774, 4.9394, 24.9015)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55228B #588B22

analogous

#22238B #55228B #8A228B

triadic

#55228B #8B5522 #228B55

tetradic

#55228B #8B2223 #588B22 #228B8A

square

#55228B #8B2223 #588B22 #228B8A

split-complementary

#55228B #8B8A22 #238B22

monochromatic

#190A29 #37165A #55228B #732EBC #9253D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#55228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55228B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55228B	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.163 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62ae',
    500: '#55228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55228b;
$custom-light: #8a62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38676,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55228B

secondary

#86B850

accent

#E44496

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55228B

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

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