#55138F#55138F

#55138F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.182 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55138F
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 51.10, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 74.45, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.095 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.182 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9359, 4.3802, 26.3559)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55138F #4D8F13

analogous

#17138F #55138F #8F138B

triadic

#55138F #8F5513 #138F55

tetradic

#55138F #8F1713 #4D8F13 #138B8F

square

#55138F #8F1713 #4D8F13 #138B8F

split-complementary

#55138F #8B8F13 #138F17

monochromatic

#150523 #350C59 #55138F #751AC5 #9438E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#55138F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55138F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55138F

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55138F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55138F	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55138f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.182 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5cb1',
    500: '#55138f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55138f;
$custom-light: #8b5cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55138f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.935,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3762,
    "c": 0.18165,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55138F

secondary

#7BC33B

accent

#F3358E

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55138F

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

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