#55148D#55148D

#55148D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.179 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55148D
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 50.31, -53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 73.10, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0951 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.179 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8030, 4.3547, 25.5709)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55148D #4C8D14

analogous

#18148D #55148D #8D1489

triadic

#55148D #8D5514 #148D55

tetradic

#55148D #8D1814 #4C8D14 #14898D

square

#55148D #8D1814 #4C8D14 #14898D

split-complementary

#55148D #898D14 #148D18

monochromatic

#140522 #350C57 #55148D #751CC3 #9439E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#55148D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#55148D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55148D

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55148D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55148D	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55148d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.179 302.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55148d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.231,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37508,
    "c": 0.17892,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55148D

secondary

#79C13C

accent

#F2368D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55148D

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

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