#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
RGBrgb(85, 20, 126)
HSLhsl(277, 73%, 29%)
HSVhsv(277, 84%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(32.5%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(23.47, 46.81, -45.81)
CIE-LCHlch(23.47, 65.50, 315.62°)
OKLaboklab(36.16% 0.0999 -0.1303)
OKLCHoklch(36.16% 0.164 307.5)
XYZxyz(7.7616, 3.9381, 20.0859)
Luminance0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##55147E1.0011.751.7911.75
#FFFFFF11.751.0021.001.00
#0000001.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.751.0021.001.00

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

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#55147E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva