#55147A#55147A

#55147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.160 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55147A
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 45.90, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 63.46, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.101 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.16 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5086, 3.8369, 18.7536)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55147A #397A14

analogous

#22147A #55147A #7A146C

triadic

#55147A #7A5514 #147A55

tetradic

#55147A #7A2214 #397A14 #146C7A

square

#55147A #7A2214 #397A14 #146C7A

split-complementary

#55147A #6C7A14 #147A22

monochromatic

#12041A #300B45 #55147A #7A1DAF #9C2CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#55147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55147A

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55147A	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.160 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba1',
    500: '#55147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55147a;
$custom-light: #895ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.235,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35818,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55147A

secondary

#65B03A

accent

#EF397B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55147A

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

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