#55117C#55117C

#55117C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.165 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55117C
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 86.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 47.34, -45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 65.57, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.1028 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.165 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5841, 3.7876, 19.3964)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55117C #387C11

analogous

#1F117C #55117C #7C116D

triadic

#55117C #7C5511 #117C55

tetradic

#55117C #7C1F11 #387C11 #116D7C

square

#55117C #7C1F11 #387C11 #116D7C

split-complementary

#55117C #6D7C11 #117C1F

monochromatic

#12041B #300A46 #55117C #7A18B2 #9D26E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#55117C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#55117C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55117C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55117C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55117C	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55117c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.165 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa3',
    500: '#55117c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55117c;
$custom-light: #8a5aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55117c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.131,
    "s": 75.887,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35754,
    "c": 0.16494,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55117C

secondary

#64B237

accent

#F2357A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55117C

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

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