#55107F#55107F

#55107F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.169 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55107F
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 78%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 87.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 48.32, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 67.42, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.1025 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.169 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7615, 3.8343, 20.4058)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55107F #3A7F10

analogous

#1D107F #55107F #7F1071

triadic

#55107F #7F5510 #107F55

tetradic

#55107F #7F1D10 #3A7F10 #10717F

square

#55107F #7F1D10 #3A7F10 #10717F

split-complementary

#55107F #717F10 #107F1D

monochromatic

#12031B #310949 #55107F #7917B5 #9C26E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#55107F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55107F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55107F

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55107F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55107F	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55107f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.169 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa5',
    500: '#55107f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55107f;
$custom-light: #8a5aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55107f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 77.622,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35946,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55107F

secondary

#66B536

accent

#F4347C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55107F

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

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