#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
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 108)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 82.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 43.16, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 56.74, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.1051 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.148 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6855, 3.4800, 14.5040)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##55136C	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55136C

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

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