#55228D#55228D

#55228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.165 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55228D
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 44.76, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 67.03, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0837 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.165 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1249, 4.9984, 25.6782)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55228D #5A8D22

analogous

#22258D #55228D #8B228D

triadic

#55228D #8D5522 #228D55

tetradic

#55228D #8D2225 #5A8D22 #228D8B

square

#55228D #8D2225 #5A8D22 #228D8B

split-complementary

#55228D #8D8B22 #258D22

monochromatic

#1A0A2A #37165C #55228D #732EBE #9254D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#55228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#55228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55228D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55228D	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.165 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62af',
    500: '#55228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55228d;
$custom-light: #8a62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.598,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38847,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55228D

secondary

#88B951

accent

#E44498

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55228D

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

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