#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
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 50.22, -53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 73.24, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.0941 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.179 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8958, 4.4206, 25.9705)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##55158E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55158E

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

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