#55147E#55147E

#55147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.164 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55147E
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 46.81, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 65.50, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0999 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.164 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7616, 3.9381, 20.0859)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55147E #3D7E14

analogous

#20147E #55147E #7E1472

triadic

#55147E #7E5514 #147E55

tetradic

#55147E #7E2014 #3D7E14 #14727E

square

#55147E #7E2014 #3D7E14 #14727E

split-complementary

#55147E #727E14 #147E20

monochromatic

#12041A #310C49 #55147E #791CB3 #9A2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#55147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#55147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55147E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55147E	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.164 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba4',
    500: '#55147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55147e;
$custom-light: #8a5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.792,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36161,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55147E

secondary

#69B33A

accent

#EF387F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55147E

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