#55158D#55158D

#55158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.178 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55158D
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 49.98, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 72.74, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0944 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.178 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.8210, 4.3907, 25.5769)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55158D #4D8D15

analogous

#19158D #55158D #8D1589

triadic

#55158D #8D5515 #158D55

tetradic

#55158D #8D1915 #4D8D15 #15898D

square

#55158D #8D1915 #4D8D15 #15898D

split-complementary

#55158D #898D15 #158D19

monochromatic

#150522 #350D58 #55158D #751DC2 #943BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#55158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55158D

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55158D	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.178 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5daf',
    500: '#55158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55158d;
$custom-light: #8b5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37586,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55158D

secondary

#7BC13D

accent

#F1378E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55158D

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

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