#55166A#55166A

#55166A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.143 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55166A
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 41.60, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 54.47, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.1026 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.143 316)
XYZ	xyz(6.6343, 3.5460, 13.9679)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55166A #2B6A16

analogous

#2B166A #55166A #6A1655

triadic

#55166A #6A5516 #166A55

tetradic

#55166A #6A2B16 #2B6A16 #16556A

square

#55166A #6A2B16 #2B6A16 #16556A

split-complementary

#55166A #556A16 #166A2B

monochromatic

#140519 #2C0B37 #55166A #7E219D #A62BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#55166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#55166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55166A

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55166A	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.143 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b95',
    500: '#55166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55166a;
$custom-light: #885b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34704,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.03546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55166A

secondary

#55A03B

accent

#E93F6A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55166A

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

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