#55166D#55166D

#55166D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.146 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55166D
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 42.26, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 56.00, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.1022 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.146 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7931, 3.6095, 14.8039)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55166D #2E6D16

analogous

#29166D #55166D #6D1659

triadic

#55166D #6D5516 #166D55

tetradic

#55166D #6D2916 #2E6D16 #16596D

square

#55166D #6D2916 #2E6D16 #16596D

split-complementary

#55166D #596D16 #166D29

monochromatic

#140519 #2D0C3A #55166D #7D20A0 #A42BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#55166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55166D

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55166D	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.146 314.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34936,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55166D

secondary

#58A33C

accent

#E93E6E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55166D

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

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