#55137F#55137F

#55137F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.166 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55137F
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 85%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 47.38, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 66.38, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.1004 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.166 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8091, 3.9294, 20.4216)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55137F #3D7F13

analogous

#1F137F #55137F #7F1373

triadic

#55137F #7F5513 #137F55

tetradic

#55137F #7F1F13 #3D7F13 #13737F

square

#55137F #7F1F13 #3D7F13 #13737F

split-complementary

#55137F #737F13 #137F1F

monochromatic

#12041B #310B4A #55137F #791BB4 #9A2DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#55137F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#55137F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55137F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55137F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55137F	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55137f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.166 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba5',
    500: '#55137f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55137f;
$custom-light: #8a5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55137f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36168,
    "c": 0.16611,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55137F

secondary

#69B439

accent

#F1377F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55137F

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

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