#55108D#55108D

#55108D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.182 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55108D
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 141)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 89%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 88.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 51.52, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 74.42, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0976 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.182 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7382, 4.2249, 25.5493)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55108D #488D10

analogous

#16108D #55108D #8D1086

triadic

#55108D #8D5510 #108D55

tetradic

#55108D #8D1610 #488D10 #10868D

square

#55108D #8D1610 #488D10 #10868D

split-complementary

#55108D #868D10 #108D16

monochromatic

#13041F #340A56 #55108D #7616C4 #9530E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#55108D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#55108D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55108D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55108D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55108D	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55108d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.182 302.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55108d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.12,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37227,
    "c": 0.18187,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55108D

secondary

#75C237

accent

#F6328A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55108D

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

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