#55166B#55166B

#55166B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.144 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55166B
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 41.82, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 54.98, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.1025 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.144 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6866, 3.5669, 14.2433)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55166B #2C6B16

analogous

#2B166B #55166B #6B1656

triadic

#55166B #6B5516 #166B55

tetradic

#55166B #6B2B16 #2C6B16 #16566B

square

#55166B #6B2B16 #2C6B16 #16566B

split-complementary

#55166B #566B16 #166B2B

monochromatic

#140519 #2D0C38 #55166B #7D209E #A62BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#55166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#55166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55166B

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55166B	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.144 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b96',
    500: '#55166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55166b;
$custom-light: #885b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.471,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34781,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55166B

secondary

#56A13B

accent

#E93F6B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55166B

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

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