#55158E#55158E

#55158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.179 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55158E
RGBrgb(85, 21, 142)
HSLhsl(272, 74%, 32%)
HSVhsv(272, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(40.1%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(25.02, 50.22, -53.32)
CIE-LCHlch(25.02, 73.24, 313.29°)
OKLaboklab(37.68% 0.0941 -0.1524)
OKLCHoklch(37.68% 0.179 301.7)
XYZxyz(8.8958, 4.4206, 25.9705)
Luminance0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55158E #4E8E15
analogous
#19158E #55158E #8E158A
triadic
#55158E #8E5515 #158E55
tetradic
#55158E #8E1915 #4E8E15 #158A8E
square
#55158E #8E1915 #4E8E15 #158A8E
split-complementary
#55158E #8A8E15 #158E19
monochromatic
#150523 #350D59 #55158E #751DC3 #943BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15
#55158E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88
#55158E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55158E
11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55158E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55158E1.0011.151.8811.15
#FFFFFF11.151.0021.001.00
#0000001.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003B8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#483854
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.179 301.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db0',
    500: '#55158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55158e;
$custom-light: #8b5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.736,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37678,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55158E
secondary
#7CC23D
accent
#F1378F
background
#F9F5FB
surface
#F1E9F6
border
#CBC5D0
text
#0D0511
muted
#7E7980

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#55158E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva