#55228E#55228E

#55228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.166 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55228E
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 45.02, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 67.56, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0834 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.166 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1996, 5.0283, 26.0718)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55228E #5B8E22

analogous

#22258E #55228E #8B228E

triadic

#55228E #8E5522 #228E55

tetradic

#55228E #8E2225 #5B8E22 #228E8B

square

#55228E #8E2225 #5B8E22 #228E8B

split-complementary

#55228E #8E8B22 #258E22

monochromatic

#1A0A2B #37165D #55228E #732EBF #9254D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#55228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#55228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55228E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55228E	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.166 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63b0',
    500: '#55228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55228e;
$custom-light: #8b63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38934,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55228E

secondary

#89BA52

accent

#E44398

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55228E

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

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