#55105A#55105A

#55105A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.135 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55105A
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 90)
HSL	hsl(296, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(296, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 82.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.20, 40.53, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.20, 49.08, 325.68°)
OKLab	oklab(32.99% 0.1103 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(32.99% 0.135 325)
XYZ	xyz(5.7769, 3.0404, 9.9535)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55105A #155A10

analogous

#30105A #55105A #5A103A

triadic

#55105A #5A5510 #105A55

tetradic

#55105A #5A3010 #155A10 #103A5A

square

#55105A #5A3010 #155A10 #103A5A

split-complementary

#55105A #3A5A10 #105A30

monochromatic

#19051A #240726 #55105A #86198E #B722C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#55105A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#55105A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55105A

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55105A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55105A	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55105a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.135 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885889',
    500: '#55105a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55105a;
$custom-light: #885889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55105a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.946,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3299,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.0304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55105A

secondary

#399333

accent

#ED3B47

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55105A

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

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