#55155E#55155E

#55155E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.132 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55155E
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(293, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 39.48, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 48.91, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.105 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.132 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0347, 3.2761, 10.9020)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55155E #1E5E15

analogous

#31155E #55155E #5E1542

triadic

#55155E #5E5515 #155E55

tetradic

#55155E #5E3115 #1E5E15 #15425E

square

#55155E #5E3115 #1E5E15 #15425E

split-complementary

#55155E #425E15 #155E31

monochromatic

#170619 #280A2C #55155E #822090 #AF2BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#55155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55155E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55155E	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20355C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.132 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8c',
    500: '#55155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55155e;
$custom-light: #885a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.603,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33727,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55155E

secondary

#459539

accent

#E74156

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55155E

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

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