#55147B#55147B

#55147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.161 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55147B
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 46.13, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 63.97, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.1008 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.161 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5709, 3.8618, 19.0816)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55147B #3A7B14

analogous

#21147B #55147B #7B146D

triadic

#55147B #7B5514 #147B55

tetradic

#55147B #7B2114 #3A7B14 #146D7B

square

#55147B #7B2114 #3A7B14 #146D7B

split-complementary

#55147B #6D7B14 #147B21

monochromatic

#12041A #310B46 #55147B #791DB0 #9C2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#55147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55147B

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55147B	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.161 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba2',
    500: '#55147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55147b;
$custom-light: #895ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.864,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35903,
    "c": 0.16132,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55147B

secondary

#66B13A

accent

#EF397C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55147B

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

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