#55167A#55167A

#55167A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.158 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55167A
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 82%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 45.18, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 62.66, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0994 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.158 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5454, 3.9104, 18.7659)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55167A #3B7A16

analogous

#23167A #55167A #7A166D

triadic

#55167A #7A5516 #167A55

tetradic

#55167A #7A2316 #3B7A16 #166D7A

square

#55167A #7A2316 #3B7A16 #166D7A

split-complementary

#55167A #6D7A16 #167A23

monochromatic

#12051A #310D46 #55167A #791FAE #9B31DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#55167A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#55167A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55167A

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55167A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55167A	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55167a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.158 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca1',
    500: '#55167a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55167a;
$custom-light: #895ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55167a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35991,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55167A

secondary

#67AF3D

accent

#EC3C7D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55167A

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

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