#55228C#55228C

#55228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.164 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55228C
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 44.51, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 66.50, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0839 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.164 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0508, 4.9687, 25.2881)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55228C #598C22

analogous

#22248C #55228C #8A228C

triadic

#55228C #8C5522 #228C55

tetradic

#55228C #8C2224 #598C22 #228C8A

square

#55228C #8C2224 #598C22 #228C8A

split-complementary

#55228C #8C8A22 #248C22

monochromatic

#190A2A #37165B #55228C #732EBD #9253D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#55228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55228C

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55228C	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.164 300.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.868,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38761,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55228C

secondary

#87B951

accent

#E44497

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55228C

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

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