#55138C#55138C

#55138C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.179 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55138C
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 86.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 50.40, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 72.94, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0961 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.179 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7117, 4.2905, 25.1750)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55138C #4A8C13

analogous

#18138C #55138C #8C1386

triadic

#55138C #8C5513 #138C55

tetradic

#55138C #8C1813 #4A8C13 #13868C

square

#55138C #8C1813 #4A8C13 #13868C

split-complementary

#55138C #868C13 #138C18

monochromatic

#140420 #340C56 #55138C #761AC2 #9536E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#55138C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#55138C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55138C

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55138C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55138C	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55138c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.179 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5caf',
    500: '#55138c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55138c;
$custom-light: #8b5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55138c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37341,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55138C

secondary

#77C03B

accent

#F3358B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0410

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55138C

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

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