#55105E#55105E

#55105E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.138 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55105E
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 94)
HSL	hsl(293, 71%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(293, 83%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 83%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.48, 41.31, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.48, 50.99, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.1099 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.138 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9518, 3.1104, 10.8744)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55105E #195E10

analogous

#2E105E #55105E #5E1040

triadic

#55105E #5E5510 #105E55

tetradic

#55105E #5E2E10 #195E10 #10405E

square

#55105E #5E2E10 #195E10 #10405E

split-complementary

#55105E #405E10 #105E2E

monochromatic

#18041A #26072A #55105E #841992 #B422C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#55105E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#55105E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55105E

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55105E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55105E	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55105e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.138 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88588c',
    500: '#55105e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55105e;
$custom-light: #88588c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55105e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33274,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55105E

secondary

#3E9733

accent

#EE3A4F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55105E

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

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