#55165E#55165E

#55165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.131 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55165E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(293, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 39.08, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 48.46, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.1039 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.131 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0534, 3.3136, 10.9082)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55165E #1F5E16

analogous

#31165E #55165E #5E1643

triadic

#55165E #5E5516 #165E55

tetradic

#55165E #5E3116 #1F5E16 #16435E

square

#55165E #5E3116 #1F5E16 #16435E

split-complementary

#55165E #435E16 #165E31

monochromatic

#160619 #280A2C #55165E #822290 #AF2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#55165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55165E

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55165E	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20355C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.131 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8c',
    500: '#55165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55165e;
$custom-light: #885a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33827,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55165E

secondary

#46953B

accent

#E54357

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55165E

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

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