#55127F#55127F

#55127F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.167 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55127F
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 85.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 47.71, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 66.74, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.1011 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.167 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7926, 3.8963, 20.4161)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55127F #3C7F12

analogous

#1F127F #55127F #7F1272

triadic

#55127F #7F5512 #127F55

tetradic

#55127F #7F1F12 #3C7F12 #12727F

square

#55127F #7F1F12 #3C7F12 #12727F

split-complementary

#55127F #727F12 #127F1F

monochromatic

#12041B #310A49 #55127F #791AB5 #9B2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#55127F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55127F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55127F

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55127F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55127F	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55127f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.167 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba5',
    500: '#55127f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55127f;
$custom-light: #8a5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55127f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.881,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36091,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55127F

secondary

#68B538

accent

#F2367E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55127F

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

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