#55156E#55156E

#55156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.148 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55156E
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 42.86, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 56.94, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.1029 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.148 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8285, 3.5937, 15.0828)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55156E #2E6E15

analogous

#28156E #55156E #6E155A

triadic

#55156E #6E5515 #156E55

tetradic

#55156E #6E2815 #2E6E15 #155A6E

square

#55156E #6E2815 #2E6E15 #155A6E

split-complementary

#55156E #5A6E15 #156E28

monochromatic

#14051A #2D0B3B #55156E #7D1FA1 #A429D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#55156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55156E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55156E	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.148 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b98',
    500: '#55156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55156e;
$custom-light: #885b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.146,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34921,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55156E

secondary

#58A43A

accent

#EB3D6E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55156E

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

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