#55155A#55155A

#55155A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.129 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55155A
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 90)
HSL	hsl(296, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(296, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 38.68, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 46.97, 325.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.45% 0.1052 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(33.45% 0.129 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8598, 3.2062, 9.9811)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.84

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55155A #1A5A15

analogous

#33155A #55155A #5A153D

triadic

#55155A #5A5515 #155A55

tetradic

#55155A #5A3315 #1A5A15 #153D5A

square

#55155A #5A3315 #1A5A15 #153D5A

split-complementary

#55155A #3D5A15 #155A33

monochromatic

#170619 #260928 #55155A #84218C #B32CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#55155A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#55155A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55155A

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55155A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55155A	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55155a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.129 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a89',
    500: '#55155a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55155a;
$custom-light: #885a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55155a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33451,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55155A

secondary

#409239

accent

#E5434E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55155A

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

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