#55166E#55166E

#55166E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.147 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55166E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 42.48, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 56.51, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.102 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.147 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8472, 3.6311, 15.0890)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55166E #2F6E16

analogous

#29166E #55166E #6E165B

triadic

#55166E #6E5516 #166E55

tetradic

#55166E #6E2916 #2F6E16 #165B6E

square

#55166E #6E2916 #2F6E16 #165B6E

split-complementary

#55166E #5B6E16 #166E29

monochromatic

#14051A #2E0C3B #55166E #7C20A1 #A42AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#55166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55166E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55166E	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.147 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b98',
    500: '#55166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55166e;
$custom-light: #885b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.955,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35014,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55166E

secondary

#59A43C

accent

#EA3E6F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55166E

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

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