#55115B#55115B

#55115B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.134 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55115B
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(295, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.39, 40.38, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.39, 49.16, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.15% 0.1093 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(33.15% 0.134 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8349, 3.0879, 10.1842)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55115B #175B11

analogous

#30115B #55115B #5B113C

triadic

#55115B #5B5511 #115B55

tetradic

#55115B #5B3011 #175B11 #113C5B

square

#55115B #5B3011 #175B11 #113C5B

split-complementary

#55115B #3C5B11 #115B30

monochromatic

#18051A #250727 #55115B #851B8F #B524C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.98

#55115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#55115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55115B

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55115B	1.00	12.98	1.62	12.98
#FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.134 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88588a',
    500: '#55115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55115b;
$custom-light: #88588a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.135,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33145,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55115B

secondary

#3C9434

accent

#EB3C4B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55115B

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

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