#55136E#55136E

#55136E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.150 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55136E
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 110)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 83%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 82.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 43.59, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 57.75, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.1047 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.15 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7932, 3.5231, 15.0710)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55136E #2C6E13

analogous

#27136E #55136E #6E135A

triadic

#55136E #6E5513 #136E55

tetradic

#55136E #6E2713 #2C6E13 #135A6E

square

#55136E #6E2713 #2C6E13 #135A6E

split-complementary

#55136E #5A6E13 #136E27

monochromatic

#14051A #2D0A3A #55136E #7D1CA2 #A625D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#55136E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#55136E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55136E

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55136E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55136E	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55136e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.150 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a98',
    500: '#55136e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55136e;
$custom-light: #895a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55136e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.516,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34743,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55136E

secondary

#56A538

accent

#ED3A6C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55136E

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

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