#55155C#55155C

#55155C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.131 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55155C
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(294, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 39.08, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 47.94, 324.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.1051 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.131 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9461, 3.2407, 10.4355)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55155C #1C5C15

analogous

#32155C #55155C #5C153F

triadic

#55155C #5C5515 #155C55

tetradic

#55155C #5C3215 #1C5C15 #153F5C

square

#55155C #5C3215 #1C5C15 #153F5C

split-complementary

#55155C #3F5C15 #155C32

monochromatic

#170619 #270A2A #55155C #83208E #B12CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#55155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#55155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55155C

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55155C	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21355A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.131 323.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.085,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33588,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55155C

secondary

#429339

accent

#E64252

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55155C

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

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