#55127B#55127B

#55127B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.163 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55127B
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 85.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 46.80, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 64.71, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.1023 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.163 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5370, 3.7941, 19.0703)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55127B #387B12

analogous

#21127B #55127B #7B126C

triadic

#55127B #7B5512 #127B55

tetradic

#55127B #7B2112 #387B12 #126C7B

square

#55127B #7B2112 #387B12 #126C7B

split-complementary

#55127B #6C7B12 #127B21

monochromatic

#12041B #300A46 #55127B #7A1AB0 #9D28E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#55127B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#55127B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55127B

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55127B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55127B	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55127b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.163 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa2',
    500: '#55127b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55127b;
$custom-light: #8a5aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55127b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.286,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35742,
    "c": 0.16313,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55127B

secondary

#64B138

accent

#F1377A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55127B

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

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