#55236A#55236A

#55236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.125 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55236A
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(282, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 35.62, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 47.71, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0874 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.125 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9484, 4.1742, 14.0726)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55236A #386A23

analogous

#32236A #55236A #6A235B

triadic

#55236A #6A5523 #236A55

tetradic

#55236A #6A3223 #386A23 #235B6A

square

#55236A #6A3223 #386A23 #235B6A

split-complementary

#55236A #5B6A23 #236A32

monochromatic

#120817 #30143C #55236A #7A3298 #9D46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#55236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#55236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55236A

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55236A	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07376C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.125 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876295',
    500: '#55236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55236a;
$custom-light: #876295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.254,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36228,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55236A

secondary

#649D4B

accent

#DA4E77

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55236A

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

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