#55108C#55108C

#55108C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.181 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55108C
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 89%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 88.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 51.29, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 73.92, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0979 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.181 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6641, 4.1953, 25.1592)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55108C #478C10

analogous

#17108C #55108C #8C1085

triadic

#55108C #8C5510 #108C55

tetradic

#55108C #8C1710 #478C10 #10858C

square

#55108C #8C1710 #478C10 #10858C

split-complementary

#55108C #858C10 #108C17

monochromatic

#12031E #340A55 #55108C #7616C3 #962FE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#55108C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#55108C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55108C

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55108C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55108C	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55108c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.181 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5baf',
    500: '#55108c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55108c;
$custom-light: #8b5baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55108c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.387,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37133,
    "c": 0.18092,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55108C

secondary

#74C137

accent

#F63289

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0410

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55108C

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

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