#55155F#55155F

#55155F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.133 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55155F
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 95)
HSL	hsl(292, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 39.68, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 49.40, 323.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.8% 0.1049 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(33.8% 0.133 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0798, 3.2942, 11.1399)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55155F #1F5F15

analogous

#30155F #55155F #5F1544

triadic

#55155F #5F5515 #155F55

tetradic

#55155F #5F3015 #1F5F15 #15445F

square

#55155F #5F3015 #1F5F15 #15445F

split-complementary

#55155F #445F15 #155F30

monochromatic

#160619 #280A2D #55155F #822091 #AF2BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#55155F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55155F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55155F

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55155F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55155F	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F355D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55155f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.133 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8d',
    500: '#55155f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55155f;
$custom-light: #885a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55155f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.892,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33797,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55155F

secondary

#46963A

accent

#E74157

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55155F

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

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