#55105B#55105B

#55105B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.135 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55105B
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(295, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 82.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.27, 40.72, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.27, 49.55, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.1102 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.135 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8198, 3.0576, 10.1791)
Luminance	0.0306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55105B #165B10

analogous

#2F105B #55105B #5B103B

triadic

#55105B #5B5510 #105B55

tetradic

#55105B #5B2F10 #165B10 #103B5B

square

#55105B #5B2F10 #165B10 #103B5B

split-complementary

#55105B #3B5B10 #105B2F

monochromatic

#18051A #240727 #55105B #86198F #B622C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.03

#55105B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#55105B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55105B

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55105B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55105B	1.00	13.03	1.61	13.03
#FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55105b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.135 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88588a',
    500: '#55105b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55105b;
$custom-light: #88588a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55105b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3306,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55105B

secondary

#3A9433

accent

#ED3B49

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55105B

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

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