#55157B#55157B

#55157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.160 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55157B
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 45.77, -44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 63.58, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.1 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.16 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5889, 3.8978, 19.0876)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55157B #3B7B15

analogous

#22157B #55157B #7B156E

triadic

#55157B #7B5515 #157B55

tetradic

#55157B #7B2215 #3B7B15 #156E7B

square

#55157B #7B2215 #3B7B15 #156E7B

split-complementary

#55157B #6E7B15 #157B22

monochromatic

#12041A #310C47 #55157B #791EAF #9B2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#55157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55157B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55157B	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.160 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ba2',
    500: '#55157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55157b;
$custom-light: #895ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35988,
    "c": 0.16037,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55157B

secondary

#67B03B

accent

#EE3A7D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55157B

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

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