#55115E#55115E

#55115E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.137 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55115E
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 94)
HSL	hsl(293, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(293, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 40.97, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 50.60, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.109 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.137 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9669, 3.1407, 10.8794)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55115E #1A5E11

analogous

#2F115E #55115E #5E1141

triadic

#55115E #5E5511 #115E55

tetradic

#55115E #5E2F11 #1A5E11 #11415E

square

#55115E #5E2F11 #1A5E11 #11415E

split-complementary

#55115E #415E11 #115E2F

monochromatic

#17051A #26082A #55115E #841A92 #B324C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#55115E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#55115E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55115E

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55115E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55115E	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55115e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.137 322.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55115e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.987,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33358,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55115E

secondary

#409734

accent

#EC3C50

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55115E

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

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