#55159E#55159E

#55159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.195 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55159E
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 54.07, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 81.25, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.0882 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.195 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1844, 4.9360, 32.7573)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55159E #5E9E15

analogous

#151A9E #55159E #99159E

triadic

#55159E #9E5515 #159E55

tetradic

#55159E #9E151A #5E9E15 #159E99

square

#55159E #9E151A #5E9E15 #159E99

split-complementary

#55159E #9E9915 #1A9E15

monochromatic

#1B0732 #380E68 #55159E #721CD4 #9147E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#55159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55159E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55159E	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.195 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ebc',
    500: '#55159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55159e;
$custom-light: #8d5ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.029,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39201,
    "c": 0.19496,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55159E

secondary

#8CC747

accent

#F3359A

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #55159E

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

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