#55157C#55157C

#55157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.161 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55157C
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 46.00, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 64.09, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0997 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.161 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6518, 3.9230, 19.4190)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55157C #3C7C15

analogous

#22157C #55157C #7C156F

triadic

#55157C #7C5515 #157C55

tetradic

#55157C #7C2215 #3C7C15 #156F7C

square

#55157C #7C2215 #3C7C15 #156F7C

split-complementary

#55157C #6F7C15 #157C22

monochromatic

#12041A #310C48 #55157C #791EB0 #9B30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#55157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55157C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55157C	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.161 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba3',
    500: '#55157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55157c;
$custom-light: #8a5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.282,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36073,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55157C

secondary

#68B13C

accent

#EE3A7E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55157C

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

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