#55166C#55166C

#55166C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.145 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55166C
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 42.04, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 55.49, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.86% 0.1023 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(34.86% 0.145 315)
XYZ	xyz(6.7396, 3.5881, 14.5220)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55166C #2D6C16

analogous

#2A166C #55166C #6C1658

triadic

#55166C #6C5516 #166C55

tetradic

#55166C #6C2A16 #2D6C16 #16586C

square

#55166C #6C2A16 #2D6C16 #16586C

split-complementary

#55166C #586C16 #166C2A

monochromatic

#140519 #2D0C39 #55166C #7D209F #A52BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#55166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55166C

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55166C	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.145 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b97',
    500: '#55166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55166c;
$custom-light: #885b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.953,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34858,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55166C

secondary

#57A23C

accent

#E93F6C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55166C

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

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