#55138D#55138D

#55138D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.180 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55138D
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 86.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 50.63, -53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 73.45, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0958 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.18 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7857, 4.3201, 25.5651)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55138D #4B8D13

analogous

#18138D #55138D #8D1388

triadic

#55138D #8D5513 #138D55

tetradic

#55138D #8D1813 #4B8D13 #13888D

square

#55138D #8D1813 #4B8D13 #13888D

split-complementary

#55138D #888D13 #138D18

monochromatic

#140421 #340C57 #55138D #761AC3 #9436E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#55138D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#55138D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55138D

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55138D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55138D	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55138d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.180 302.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55138d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.459,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37434,
    "c": 0.1797,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55138D

secondary

#78C13B

accent

#F3358C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0410

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55138D

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

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