#55137D#55137D

#55137D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.164 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55137D
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 84.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 46.92, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 65.36, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.101 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.164 308)
XYZ	xyz(7.6801, 3.8778, 19.7420)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55137D #3B7D13

analogous

#20137D #55137D #7D1370

triadic

#55137D #7D5513 #137D55

tetradic

#55137D #7D2013 #3B7D13 #13707D

square

#55137D #7D2013 #3B7D13 #13707D

split-complementary

#55137D #707D13 #137D20

monochromatic

#12041B #310B48 #55137D #791BB2 #9B2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#55137D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55137D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55137D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55137D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55137D	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55137d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.164 308.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55137d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.358,
    "s": 73.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35994,
    "c": 0.16417,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55137D

secondary

#67B339

accent

#F0387D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55137D

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

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