#55148F#55148F

#55148F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.181 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55148F
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 86%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 50.79, -53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 74.11, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0944 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.181 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9532, 4.4147, 26.3617)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55148F #4E8F14

analogous

#17148F #55148F #8F148C

triadic

#55148F #8F5514 #148F55

tetradic

#55148F #8F1714 #4E8F14 #148C8F

square

#55148F #8F1714 #4E8F14 #148C8F

split-complementary

#55148F #8C8F14 #148F17

monochromatic

#150524 #350C59 #55148F #751CC5 #943AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#55148F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55148F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55148F

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55148F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55148F	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55148f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.181 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5cb1',
    500: '#55148f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55148f;
$custom-light: #8b5cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55148f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.707,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37694,
    "c": 0.18088,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55148F

secondary

#7CC33C

accent

#F2368F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55148F

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

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