#55137E#55137E

#55137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.165 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55137E
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 47.15, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 65.87, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.1007 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.165 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7443, 3.9035, 20.0801)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55137E #3C7E13

analogous

#1F137E #55137E #7E1371

triadic

#55137E #7E5513 #137E55

tetradic

#55137E #7E1F13 #3C7E13 #13717E

square

#55137E #7E1F13 #3C7E13 #13717E

split-complementary

#55137E #717E13 #137E1F

monochromatic

#12041B #310B49 #55137E #791BB3 #9B2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#55137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55137E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55137E	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.165 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba4',
    500: '#55137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55137e;
$custom-light: #8a5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.009,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36081,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55137E

secondary

#68B439

accent

#F0377E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55137E

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