#55158A#55158A

#55158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.175 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55158A
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 49.27, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 71.22, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0954 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.175 303)
XYZ	xyz(8.6008, 4.3026, 24.4172)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55158A #4A8A15

analogous

#1B158A #55158A #8A1584

triadic

#55158A #8A5515 #158A55

tetradic

#55158A #8A1B15 #4A8A15 #15848A

square

#55158A #8A1B15 #4A8A15 #15848A

split-complementary

#55158A #848A15 #158A1B

monochromatic

#140520 #340D55 #55158A #761DBF #9539E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#55158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#55158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55158A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55158A	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.175 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5cad',
    500: '#55158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55158a;
$custom-light: #8b5cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.821,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37311,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55158A

secondary

#77BE3D

accent

#F0388B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55158A

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

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