#55156C#55156C

#55156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.146 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55156C
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 42.42, -36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 55.92, 319.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.1033 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.146 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7208, 3.5506, 14.5158)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55156C #2C6C15

analogous

#29156C #55156C #6C1557

triadic

#55156C #6C5515 #156C55

tetradic

#55156C #6C2915 #2C6C15 #15576C

square

#55156C #6C2915 #2C6C15 #15576C

split-complementary

#55156C #576C15 #156C29

monochromatic

#14051A #2D0B39 #55156C #7D1F9F #A629D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#55156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#55156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55156C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55156C	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.146 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b97',
    500: '#55156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55156c;
$custom-light: #885b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.138,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34764,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55156C

secondary

#56A33A

accent

#EA3D6B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55156C

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

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