#55167E#55167E

#55167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.162 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55167E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 46.10, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 64.71, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0983 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.162 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7983, 4.0116, 20.0981)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55167E #3F7E16

analogous

#21167E #55167E #7E1673

triadic

#55167E #7E5516 #167E55

tetradic

#55167E #7E2116 #3F7E16 #16737E

square

#55167E #7E2116 #3F7E16 #16737E

split-complementary

#55167E #737E16 #167E21

monochromatic

#12051A #320D4A #55167E #781FB2 #9933DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#55167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#55167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55167E

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55167E	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.162 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca4',
    500: '#55167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55167e;
$custom-light: #8a5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.346,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36331,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55167E

secondary

#6BB33D

accent

#ED3B81

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55167E

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

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