#55107E#55107E

#55107E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.168 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55107E
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 87.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 48.10, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 66.91, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.1028 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.168 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6967, 3.8084, 20.0642)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55107E #397E10

analogous

#1E107E #55107E #7E1070

triadic

#55107E #7E5510 #107E55

tetradic

#55107E #7E1E10 #397E10 #10707E

square

#55107E #7E1E10 #397E10 #10707E

split-complementary

#55107E #707E10 #107E1E

monochromatic

#12031B #300948 #55107E #7A17B4 #9C25E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#55107E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#55107E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55107E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55107E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55107E	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55107e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.168 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa4',
    500: '#55107e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55107e;
$custom-light: #8a5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55107e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.636,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35857,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55107E

secondary

#65B436

accent

#F4347B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55107E

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

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