#55115A#55115A

#55115A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.133 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55115A
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 90)
HSL	hsl(296, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(296, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.33, 40.19, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.33, 48.68, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.08% 0.1093 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(33.08% 0.133 325)
XYZ	xyz(5.7921, 3.0708, 9.9585)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55115A #165A11

analogous

#30115A #55115A #5A113A

triadic

#55115A #5A5511 #115A55

tetradic

#55115A #5A3011 #165A11 #113A5A

square

#55115A #5A3011 #165A11 #113A5A

split-complementary

#55115A #3A5A11 #115A30

monochromatic

#18051A #240727 #55115A #861B8D #B624C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#55115A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#55115A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55115A

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55115A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55115A	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55115a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.133 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885889',
    500: '#55115a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55115a;
$custom-light: #885889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55115a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.89,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33076,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.0307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55115A

secondary

#3A9334

accent

#EB3D49

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55115A

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

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