#55165A#55165A

#55165A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.127 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55165A
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(296, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(296, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.99, 38.27, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.99, 46.50, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.104 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.127 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8785, 3.2437, 9.9873)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55165A #1B5A16

analogous

#33165A #55165A #5A163D

triadic

#55165A #5A5516 #165A55

tetradic

#55165A #5A3316 #1B5A16 #163D5A

square

#55165A #5A3316 #1B5A16 #163D5A

split-complementary

#55165A #3D5A16 #165A33

monochromatic

#170619 #270A29 #55165A #83228B #B22EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#55165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#55165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55165A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55165A	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.127 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875a89',
    500: '#55165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55165a;
$custom-light: #875a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33554,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55165A

secondary

#41913B

accent

#E44450

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55165A

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

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