#55137C#55137C

#55137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.163 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55137C
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 46.70, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 64.86, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.1013 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.163 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6165, 3.8524, 19.4072)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55137C #3A7C13

analogous

#20137C #55137C #7C136E

triadic

#55137C #7C5513 #137C55

tetradic

#55137C #7C2013 #3A7C13 #136E7C

square

#55137C #7C2013 #3A7C13 #136E7C

split-complementary

#55137C #6E7C13 #137C20

monochromatic

#12041B #310B47 #55137C #791BB1 #9C2BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#55137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55137C

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55137C	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.163 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba3',
    500: '#55137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55137c;
$custom-light: #8a5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35907,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55137C

secondary

#66B239

accent

#F0387C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55137C

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

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