#55236E#55236E

#55236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.129 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55236E
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 36.57, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 49.86, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0873 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.129 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1613, 4.2593, 15.1937)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55236E #3C6E23

analogous

#2F236E #55236E #6E2361

triadic

#55236E #6E5523 #236E55

tetradic

#55236E #6E2F23 #3C6E23 #23616E

square

#55236E #6E2F23 #3C6E23 #23616E

split-complementary

#55236E #616E23 #236E2F

monochromatic

#120717 #311440 #55236E #79329C #9B47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#55236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#55236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55236E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55236E	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.129 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886298',
    500: '#55236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55236e;
$custom-light: #886298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36511,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55236E

secondary

#68A14C

accent

#DB4D7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55236E

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

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