#55105D#55105D

#55105D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.137 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55105D
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 93)
HSL	hsl(294, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 83%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 82.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 41.11, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 50.51, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.11 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.137 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9072, 3.0926, 10.6396)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55105D #185D10

analogous

#2F105D #55105D #5D103F

triadic

#55105D #5D5510 #105D55

tetradic

#55105D #5D2F10 #185D10 #103F5D

square

#55105D #5D2F10 #185D10 #103F5D

split-complementary

#55105D #3F5D10 #105D2F

monochromatic

#18041A #250729 #55105D #851991 #B422C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#55105D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#55105D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55105D

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55105D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55105D	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E345B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561F36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55105d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.137 323.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55105d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.766,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33202,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55105D

secondary

#3D9633

accent

#ED3A4D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55105D

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

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