#55148C#55148C

#55148C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.178 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55148C
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 85.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 50.08, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 72.60, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0954 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.178 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7289, 4.3250, 25.1808)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55148C #4B8C14

analogous

#19148C #55148C #8C1487

triadic

#55148C #8C5514 #148C55

tetradic

#55148C #8C1914 #4B8C14 #14878C

square

#55148C #8C1914 #4B8C14 #14878C

split-complementary

#55148C #878C14 #148C19

monochromatic

#140521 #340C56 #55148C #761CC2 #9438E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#55148C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#55148C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55148C

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55148C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55148C	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55148c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.178 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5caf',
    500: '#55148c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55148c;
$custom-light: #8b5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55148c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55148C

secondary

#78C03C

accent

#F2368C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55148C

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

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