#55127E#55127E

#55127E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.166 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55127E
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 47.48, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 66.23, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.1014 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.166 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7277, 3.8704, 20.0746)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55127E #3B7E12

analogous

#1F127E #55127E #7E1271

triadic

#55127E #7E5512 #127E55

tetradic

#55127E #7E1F12 #3B7E12 #12717E

square

#55127E #7E1F12 #3B7E12 #12717E

split-complementary

#55127E #717E12 #127E1F

monochromatic

#12041B #310A48 #55127E #791AB4 #9B2AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#55127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55127E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55127E	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.166 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5aa4',
    500: '#55127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55127e;
$custom-light: #8a5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.222,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36003,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55127E

secondary

#67B438

accent

#F2367D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55127E

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