#55156A#55156A

#55156A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.144 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55156A
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 41.99, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 54.91, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.1036 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.144 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6156, 3.5085, 13.9616)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55156A #2A6A15

analogous

#2A156A #55156A #6A1555

triadic

#55156A #6A5515 #156A55

tetradic

#55156A #6A2A15 #2A6A15 #15556A

square

#55156A #6A2A15 #2A6A15 #15556A

split-complementary

#55156A #556A15 #156A2A

monochromatic

#14051A #2C0B37 #55156A #7E1F9D #A729D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#55156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#55156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55156A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55156A	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.144 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a95',
    500: '#55156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55156a;
$custom-light: #885a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.176,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34609,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55156A

secondary

#53A13A

accent

#EA3E68

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55156A

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

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