#55156F#55156F

#55156F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.149 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55156F
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 43.08, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 57.45, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.1027 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.149 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8832, 3.6156, 15.3711)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55156F #2F6F15

analogous

#28156F #55156F #6F155C

triadic

#55156F #6F5515 #156F55

tetradic

#55156F #6F2815 #2F6F15 #155C6F

square

#55156F #6F2815 #2F6F15 #155C6F

split-complementary

#55156F #5C6F15 #156F28

monochromatic

#14051A #2E0B3C #55156F #7C1FA2 #A428D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#55156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55156F

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55156F	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C376D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.149 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b99',
    500: '#55156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55156f;
$custom-light: #895b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55156F

secondary

#59A53A

accent

#EB3D6F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55156F

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

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