#55157F#55157F

#55157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.164 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55157F
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 46.70, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 65.62, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0989 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.164 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.8444, 4.0000, 20.4334)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55157F #3F7F15

analogous

#20157F #55157F #7F1574

triadic

#55157F #7F5515 #157F55

tetradic

#55157F #7F2015 #3F7F15 #15747F

square

#55157F #7F2015 #3F7F15 #15747F

split-complementary

#55157F #747F15 #157F20

monochromatic

#12041A #320C4A #55157F #781EB4 #9931DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#55157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#55157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55157F

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55157F	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.164 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca5',
    500: '#55157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55157f;
$custom-light: #8a5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.226,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36331,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55157F

secondary

#6BB43C

accent

#EE3981

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55157F

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

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