#55117D#55117D

#55117D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.166 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55117D
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 86.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 47.57, -45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 66.07, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.1024 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.166 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6476, 3.8130, 19.7312)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55117D #397D11

analogous

#1F117D #55117D #7D116F

triadic

#55117D #7D5511 #117D55

tetradic

#55117D #7D1F11 #397D11 #116F7D

square

#55117D #7D1F11 #397D11 #116F7D

split-complementary

#55117D #6F7D11 #117D1F

monochromatic

#12041B #300A47 #55117D #7A18B3 #9C27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#55117D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#55117D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55117D

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55117D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55117D	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55117d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.166 308.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55117d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 76.056,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35841,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55117D

secondary

#65B337

accent

#F3357B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55117D

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

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