#55156B#55156B

#55156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.145 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55156B
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 42.20, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 55.41, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.1035 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.145 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6679, 3.5294, 14.2371)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55156B #2B6B15

analogous

#2A156B #55156B #6B1556

triadic

#55156B #6B5515 #156B55

tetradic

#55156B #6B2A15 #2B6B15 #15566B

square

#55156B #6B2A15 #2B6B15 #15566B

split-complementary

#55156B #566B15 #156B2A

monochromatic

#14051A #2C0B38 #55156B #7E1F9E #A629D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#55156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#55156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55156B

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55156B	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.145 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b96',
    500: '#55156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55156b;
$custom-light: #885b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34686,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55156B

secondary

#55A23A

accent

#EA3E6A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55156B

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

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