#55148E#55148E

#55148E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.180 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55148E
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 85.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 50.55, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 73.60, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0948 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.18 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8778, 4.3846, 25.9645)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55148E #4D8E14

analogous

#18148E #55148E #8E148A

triadic

#55148E #8E5514 #148E55

tetradic

#55148E #8E1814 #4D8E14 #148A8E

square

#55148E #8E1814 #4D8E14 #148A8E

split-complementary

#55148E #8A8E14 #148E18

monochromatic

#150523 #350C58 #55148E #751CC4 #9439E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#55148E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55148E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55148E

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55148E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55148E	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55148e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.180 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5cb0',
    500: '#55148e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55148e;
$custom-light: #8b5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55148e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.967,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37601,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55148E

secondary

#7BC23C

accent

#F2368E

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55148E

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

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