#55127C#55127C

#55127C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.164 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55127C
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 85.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 47.02, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 65.22, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.102 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.164 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5999, 3.8193, 19.4017)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55127C #397C12

analogous

#20127C #55127C #7C126E

triadic

#55127C #7C5512 #127C55

tetradic

#55127C #7C2012 #397C12 #126E7C

square

#55127C #7C2012 #397C12 #126E7C

split-complementary

#55127C #6E7C12 #127C20

monochromatic

#12041B #300A47 #55127C #7A1AB1 #9C29E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#55127C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#55127C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55127C

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55127C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55127C	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)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55127c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.164 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa3',
    500: '#55127c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55127c;
$custom-light: #8a5aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55127c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.925,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35829,
    "c": 0.16409,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55127C

secondary

#65B238

accent

#F1377B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55127C

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

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