#55168C#55168C

#55168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.176 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55168C
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 49.40, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 71.86, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0941 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.176 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7657, 4.3985, 25.1931)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55168C #4D8C16

analogous

#1A168C #55168C #8C1688

triadic

#55168C #8C5516 #168C55

tetradic

#55168C #8C1A16 #4D8C16 #16888C

square

#55168C #8C1A16 #4D8C16 #16888C

split-complementary

#55168C #888C16 #168C1A

monochromatic

#150522 #350E57 #55168C #751EC1 #943CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#55168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55168C

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55168C	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.176 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5daf',
    500: '#55168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55168c;
$custom-light: #8b5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.034,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37574,
    "c": 0.17628,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55168C

secondary

#7BC03E

accent

#F0388E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55168C

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

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