#55157A#55157A

#55157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.159 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55157A
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 45.55, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 63.07, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.9% 0.1002 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.9% 0.159 309)
XYZ	xyz(7.5266, 3.8729, 18.7596)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55157A #3A7A15

analogous

#23157A #55157A #7A156C

triadic

#55157A #7A5515 #157A55

tetradic

#55157A #7A2315 #3A7A15 #156C7A

square

#55157A #7A2315 #3A7A15 #156C7A

split-complementary

#55157A #6C7A15 #157A23

monochromatic

#12041A #310C46 #55157A #791EAE #9C2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#55157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#55157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55157A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55157A	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.159 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba1',
    500: '#55157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55157a;
$custom-light: #895ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.02,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35903,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55157A

secondary

#66AF3B

accent

#ED3A7C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55157A

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

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