#55155B#55155B

#55155B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.130 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55155B
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.92, 38.88, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.92, 47.45, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.1051 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.13 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9026, 3.2233, 10.2068)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55155B #1B5B15

analogous

#32155B #55155B #5B153E

triadic

#55155B #5B5515 #155B55

tetradic

#55155B #5B3215 #1B5B15 #153E5B

square

#55155B #5B3215 #1B5B15 #153E5B

split-complementary

#55155B #3E5B15 #155B32

monochromatic

#170619 #270A29 #55155B #83208D #B22CBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#55155B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#55155B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55155B

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55155B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55155B	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55155b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.130 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8a',
    500: '#55155b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55155b;
$custom-light: #885a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55155b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33519,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55155B

secondary

#419239

accent

#E64250

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55155B

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

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