#55165B#55165B

#55165B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.128 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55165B
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 38.47, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 46.99, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.104 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.128 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9214, 3.2608, 10.2130)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55165B #1C5B16

analogous

#33165B #55165B #5B163E

triadic

#55165B #5B5516 #165B55

tetradic

#55165B #5B3316 #1C5B16 #163E5B

square

#55165B #5B3316 #1C5B16 #163E5B

split-complementary

#55165B #3E5B16 #165B33

monochromatic

#170619 #270A2A #55165B #83228C #B12EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#55165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#55165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55165B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55165B	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.128 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8a',
    500: '#55165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55165b;
$custom-light: #885a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33621,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55165B

secondary

#42923B

accent

#E44452

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55165B

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

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