#55136F#55136F

#55136F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.151 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55136F
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 111)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 43.80, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 58.26, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.1045 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.151 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8479, 3.5450, 15.3594)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55136F #2D6F13

analogous

#27136F #55136F #6F135B

triadic

#55136F #6F5513 #136F55

tetradic

#55136F #6F2713 #2D6F13 #135B6F

square

#55136F #6F2713 #2D6F13 #135B6F

split-complementary

#55136F #5B6F13 #136F27

monochromatic

#14041A #2D0A3B #55136F #7D1CA3 #A525D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#55136F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#55136F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55136F

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55136F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55136F	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55136f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.151 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a99',
    500: '#55136f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55136f;
$custom-light: #895a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55136f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.043,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34823,
    "c": 0.15074,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55136F

secondary

#57A638

accent

#EE3A6D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55136F

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

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