#55117F#55117F

#55117F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.168 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55117F
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 48.02, -46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 67.08, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.1018 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.168 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7767, 3.8646, 20.4108)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55117F #3B7F11

analogous

#1E117F #55117F #7F1172

triadic

#55117F #7F5511 #117F55

tetradic

#55117F #7F1E11 #3B7F11 #11727F

square

#55117F #7F1E11 #3B7F11 #11727F

split-complementary

#55117F #727F11 #117F1E

monochromatic

#12041B #310A49 #55117F #7918B5 #9B28E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#55117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55117F

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55117F	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.168 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa5',
    500: '#55117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55117f;
$custom-light: #8a5aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36017,
    "c": 0.16779,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55117F

secondary

#67B537

accent

#F3357D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55117F

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

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