#55157E#55157E

#55157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.163 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55157E
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 46.46, -45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 65.11, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0991 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.163 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7796, 3.9741, 20.0919)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55157E #3E7E15

analogous

#20157E #55157E #7E1573

triadic

#55157E #7E5515 #157E55

tetradic

#55157E #7E2015 #3E7E15 #15737E

square

#55157E #7E2015 #3E7E15 #15737E

split-complementary

#55157E #737E15 #157E20

monochromatic

#12041A #320C4A #55157E #781EB2 #9A31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#55157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#55157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55157E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55157E	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.163 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca4',
    500: '#55157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55157e;
$custom-light: #8a5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36245,
    "c": 0.16331,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55157E

secondary

#6AB33C

accent

#EE3A80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55157E

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

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