#55167B#55167B

#55167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.159 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55167B
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 45.41, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 63.17, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0991 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.159 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6076, 3.9353, 19.0939)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55167B #3C7B16

analogous

#23167B #55167B #7B166E

triadic

#55167B #7B5516 #167B55

tetradic

#55167B #7B2316 #3C7B16 #166E7B

square

#55167B #7B2316 #3C7B16 #166E7B

split-complementary

#55167B #6E7B16 #167B23

monochromatic

#12051A #310D47 #55167B #791FAF #9B31DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#55167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#55167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55167B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55167B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.159 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca2',
    500: '#55167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55167b;
$custom-light: #895ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.426,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36075,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55167B

secondary

#68B03D

accent

#EC3B7E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55167B

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

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