#55136D#55136D

#55136D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.149 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55136D
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 109)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 82.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 43.37, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 57.25, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.1049 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.149 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7390, 3.5014, 14.7859)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55136D #2B6D13

analogous

#28136D #55136D #6D1358

triadic

#55136D #6D5513 #136D55

tetradic

#55136D #6D2813 #2B6D13 #13586D

square

#55136D #6D2813 #2B6D13 #13586D

split-complementary

#55136D #586D13 #136D28

monochromatic

#14051A #2C0A39 #55136D #7E1CA1 #A625D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#55136D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#55136D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55136D

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55136D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55136D	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55136d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.149 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a97',
    500: '#55136d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55136d;
$custom-light: #895a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55136d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 70.313,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34664,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55136D

secondary

#55A438

accent

#ED3B6A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55136D

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

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