#55147C#55147C

#55147C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.162 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55147C
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 83.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 46.35, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 64.48, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.1005 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.162 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6338, 3.8870, 19.4130)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55147C #3B7C14

analogous

#21147C #55147C #7C146F

triadic

#55147C #7C5514 #147C55

tetradic

#55147C #7C2114 #3B7C14 #146F7C

square

#55147C #7C2114 #3B7C14 #146F7C

split-complementary

#55147C #6F7C14 #147C21

monochromatic

#12041A #310B47 #55147C #791DB1 #9B2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#55147C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55147C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55147C

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55147C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55147C	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55147c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.162 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba3',
    500: '#55147c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55147c;
$custom-light: #8a5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55147c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35989,
    "c": 0.1623,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55147C

secondary

#67B23A

accent

#EF397D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55147C

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

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