#55127D#55127D

#55127D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.165 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55127D
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 85.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 47.25, -45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 65.73, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.1017 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.165 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6635, 3.8447, 19.7364)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55127D #3A7D12

analogous

#1F127D #55127D #7D126F

triadic

#55127D #7D5512 #127D55

tetradic

#55127D #7D1F12 #3A7D12 #126F7D

square

#55127D #7D1F12 #3A7D12 #126F7D

split-complementary

#55127D #6F7D12 #127D1F

monochromatic

#12041B #310A48 #55127D #791AB2 #9C29E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#55127D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55127D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55127D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55127D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55127D	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	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: #55127d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.165 308.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55127d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.57,
    "s": 74.825,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35916,
    "c": 0.16505,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55127D

secondary

#66B338

accent

#F1367C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55127D

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

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