#55136B#55136B

#55136B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.147 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55136B
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 107)
HSL	hsl(285, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 82.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 42.94, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 56.24, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.1053 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.147 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6326, 3.4588, 14.2253)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55136B #296B13

analogous

#29136B #55136B #6B1355

triadic

#55136B #6B5513 #136B55

tetradic

#55136B #6B2913 #296B13 #13556B

square

#55136B #6B2913 #296B13 #13556B

split-complementary

#55136B #556B13 #136B29

monochromatic

#15051A #2C0A37 #55136B #7E1C9F #A825D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#55136B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#55136B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55136B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55136B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55136B	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55136b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.147 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a96',
    500: '#55136b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55136b;
$custom-light: #885a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55136b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 69.841,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34506,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55136B

secondary

#52A238

accent

#ED3B68

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55136B

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

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