#55158F#55158F

#55158F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.180 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55158F
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 85.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 50.46, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 73.75, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0937 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.18 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9712, 4.4507, 26.3677)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55158F #4F8F15

analogous

#18158F #55158F #8F158C

triadic

#55158F #8F5515 #158F55

tetradic

#55158F #8F1815 #4F8F15 #158C8F

square

#55158F #8F1815 #4F8F15 #158C8F

split-complementary

#55158F #8C8F15 #158F18

monochromatic

#160524 #350D5A #55158F #751DC4 #933CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#55158F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#55158F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55158F

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55158F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55158F	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55158f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.180 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db1',
    500: '#55158f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55158f;
$custom-light: #8b5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55158f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.475,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37771,
    "c": 0.18009,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55158F

secondary

#7DC23E

accent

#F1378F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55158F

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

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