#55138E#55138E

#55138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.181 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55138E
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 50.87, -53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 73.95, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0954 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.181 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8605, 4.3500, 25.9588)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55138E #4C8E13

analogous

#17138E #55138E #8E138A

triadic

#55138E #8E5513 #138E55

tetradic

#55138E #8E1713 #4C8E13 #138A8E

square

#55138E #8E1713 #4C8E13 #138A8E

split-complementary

#55138E #8A8E13 #138E17

monochromatic

#140522 #350C58 #55138E #751AC4 #9437E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#55138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#55138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55138E

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55138E	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.181 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5cb0',
    500: '#55138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55138e;
$custom-light: #8b5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37527,
    "c": 0.18067,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55138E

secondary

#79C23B

accent

#F3358D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55138E

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

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