#55136C#55136C

#55136C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.148 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55136C
RGBrgb(85, 19, 108)
HSLhsl(284, 70%, 25%)
HSVhsv(284, 82%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(21.3%, 82.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(21.87, 43.16, -36.85)
CIE-LCHlch(21.87, 56.74, 319.51°)
OKLaboklab(34.59% 0.1051 -0.104)
OKLCHoklch(34.59% 0.148 315.3)
XYZxyz(6.6855, 3.4800, 14.5040)
Luminance0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55136C #2A6C13
analogous
#28136C #55136C #6C1357
triadic
#55136C #6C5513 #136C55
tetradic
#55136C #6C2813 #2A6C13 #13576C
square
#55136C #6C2813 #2A6C13 #13576C
split-complementary
#55136C #576C13 #136C28
monochromatic
#14051A #2C0A38 #55136C #7E1CA0 #A725D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38
#55136C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70
#55136C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55136C
12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55136C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55136C1.0012.381.7012.38
#FFFFFF12.381.0021.001.00
#0000001.7021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.381.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00316E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0F366A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#532840
Achromatopsia (no color)
#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55136c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.148 315.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a97',
    500: '#55136c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55136c;
$custom-light: #885a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55136c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.494,
    "s": 70.079,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34585,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55136C
secondary
#53A338
accent
#ED3B69
background
#F8F5F9
surface
#F0E9F2
border
#CBC5CC
text
#0C040D
muted
#7D797E

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#55136C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva