#55229E#55229E

#55229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.184 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55229E
RGB	rgb(85, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 49.17, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 75.96, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0792 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.184 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4882, 5.5437, 32.8586)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55229E #6B9E22

analogous

#222D9E #55229E #93229E

triadic

#55229E #9E5522 #229E55

tetradic

#55229E #9E222D #6B9E22 #229E93

square

#55229E #9E222D #6B9E22 #229E93

split-complementary

#55229E #9E9322 #2D9E22

monochromatic

#1F0C39 #3A176C #55229E #702DD0 #925EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#55229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#55229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55229E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55229E	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.184 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63bc',
    500: '#55229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55229e;
$custom-light: #8c63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.677,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40363,
    "c": 0.18385,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55229E

secondary

#97C15B

accent

#E840A3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #55229E

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

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