#55155D#55155D

#55155D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.131 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55155D
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 93)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 39.28, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 48.42, 324.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.105 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.131 323)
XYZ	xyz(5.9901, 3.2583, 10.6672)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55155D #1D5D15

analogous

#31155D #55155D #5D1541

triadic

#55155D #5D5515 #155D55

tetradic

#55155D #5D3115 #1D5D15 #15415D

square

#55155D #5D3115 #1D5D15 #15415D

split-complementary

#55155D #415D15 #155D31

monochromatic

#170619 #270A2B #55155D #83208F #B02CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#55155D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#55155D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55155D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55155D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55155D	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21355B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55155d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.131 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8b',
    500: '#55155d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55155d;
$custom-light: #885a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55155d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33657,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.03258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55155D

secondary

#449439

accent

#E64254

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55155D

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

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