#55229A#55229A

#55229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.179 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55229A
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 48.13, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 73.87, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0803 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.179 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1495, 5.4082, 31.0747)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55229A #679A22

analogous

#222B9A #55229A #91229A

triadic

#55229A #9A5522 #229A55

tetradic

#55229A #9A222B #679A22 #229A91

square

#55229A #9A222B #679A22 #229A91

split-complementary

#55229A #9A9122 #2B9A22

monochromatic

#1E0C36 #391768 #55229A #712DCC #925BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#55229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#55229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55229A

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55229A	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.179 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63b9',
    500: '#55229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55229a;
$custom-light: #8c63b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39998,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55229A

secondary

#94BF58

accent

#E741A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55229A

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

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