#55116D#55116D

#55116D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.151 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55116D
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 109)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 84.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.71, 44.05, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.71, 58.02, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.1066 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.151 315)
XYZ	xyz(6.7066, 3.4366, 14.7751)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55116D #296D11

analogous

#27116D #55116D #6D1157

triadic

#55116D #6D5511 #116D55

tetradic

#55116D #6D2711 #296D11 #11576D

square

#55116D #6D2711 #296D11 #11576D

split-complementary

#55116D #576D11 #116D27

monochromatic

#15041A #2C0938 #55116D #7E19A2 #A822D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#55116D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#55116D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55116D

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55116D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55116D	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55116d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.151 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895997',
    500: '#55116d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55116d;
$custom-light: #895997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55116d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 73.016,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.03436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55116D

secondary

#52A535

accent

#F03868

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55116D

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

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