#55236B#55236B

#55236B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.126 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55236B
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 35.86, -32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 48.25, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0874 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.126 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0007, 4.1951, 14.3480)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55236B #396B23

analogous

#31236B #55236B #6B235D

triadic

#55236B #6B5523 #236B55

tetradic

#55236B #6B3123 #396B23 #235D6B

square

#55236B #6B3123 #396B23 #235D6B

split-complementary

#55236B #5D6B23 #236B31

monochromatic

#120817 #30143D #55236B #7A3299 #9C46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#55236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#55236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55236B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55236B	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.126 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876296',
    500: '#55236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55236b;
$custom-light: #876296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36298,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55236B

secondary

#659E4B

accent

#DA4E79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55236B

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

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