#55115C#55115C

#55115C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.135 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55115C
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.46, 40.57, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.46, 49.64, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.1092 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.135 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8784, 3.1053, 10.4129)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55115C #185C11

analogous

#30115C #55115C #5C113E

triadic

#55115C #5C5511 #115C55

tetradic

#55115C #5C3011 #185C11 #113E5C

square

#55115C #5C3011 #185C11 #113E5C

split-complementary

#55115C #3E5C11 #115C30

monochromatic

#18051A #250728 #55115C #851B90 #B424C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#55115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#55115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55115C

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55115C	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F345A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571F36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.135 323.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33216,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55115C

secondary

#3D9534

accent

#EC3C4D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55115C

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

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