#55136A#55136A

#55136A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.146 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55136A
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 106)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 82.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 42.73, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 55.74, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.1055 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.146 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5803, 3.4379, 13.9498)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55136A #286A13

analogous

#29136A #55136A #6A1354

triadic

#55136A #6A5513 #136A55

tetradic

#55136A #6A2913 #286A13 #13546A

square

#55136A #6A2913 #286A13 #13546A

split-complementary

#55136A #546A13 #136A29

monochromatic

#15051A #2B0A36 #55136A #7F1C9E #A826D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#55136A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#55136A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55136A

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55136A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55136A	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54273E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55136a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.146 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a95',
    500: '#55136a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55136a;
$custom-light: #885a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55136a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34428,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55136A

secondary

#51A138

accent

#EC3B66

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55136A

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

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