#55117E#55117E

#55117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.167 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55117E
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 47.79, -46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 66.58, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.1021 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.167 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7119, 3.8387, 20.0693)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55117E #3A7E11

analogous

#1E117E #55117E #7E1170

triadic

#55117E #7E5511 #117E55

tetradic

#55117E #7E1E11 #3A7E11 #11707E

square

#55117E #7E1E11 #3A7E11 #11707E

split-complementary

#55117E #707E11 #117E1E

monochromatic

#12041B #310A48 #55117E #7918B4 #9C27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#55117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55117E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55117E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.167 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa4',
    500: '#55117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55117e;
$custom-light: #8a5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.431,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35929,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55117E

secondary

#66B437

accent

#F3357C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55117E

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

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