#55158C#55158C

#55158C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.177 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55158C
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 85%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 49.75, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 72.23, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0948 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.177 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7470, 4.3610, 25.1868)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55158C #4C8C15

analogous

#1A158C #55158C #8C1588

triadic

#55158C #8C5515 #158C55

tetradic

#55158C #8C1A15 #4C8C15 #15888C

square

#55158C #8C1A15 #4C8C15 #15888C

split-complementary

#55158C #888C15 #158C1A

monochromatic

#140522 #350D57 #55158C #751DC1 #943AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#55158C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#55158C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55158C

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55158C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55158C	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55158c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.177 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5caf',
    500: '#55158c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55158c;
$custom-light: #8b5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55158c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.269,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37494,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55158C

secondary

#79C03D

accent

#F1378D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55158C

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

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