#55165C#55165C

#55165C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.129 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55165C
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(294, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 38.67, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 47.47, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.104 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.129 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9648, 3.2782, 10.4417)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55165C #1D5C16

analogous

#32165C #55165C #5C1640

triadic

#55165C #5C5516 #165C55

tetradic

#55165C #5C3216 #1D5C16 #16405C

square

#55165C #5C3216 #1D5C16 #16405C

split-complementary

#55165C #405C16 #165C32

monochromatic

#170619 #270A2B #55165C #83228D #B02EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#55165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55165C

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55165C	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22355A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.129 323.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33689,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55165C

secondary

#44933B

accent

#E54353

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55165C

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

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