#55168D#55168D

#55168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.177 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55168D
RGBrgb(85, 22, 141)
HSLhsl(272, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(272, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(25.04, 49.64, -52.66)
CIE-LCHlch(25.04, 72.37, 313.31°)
OKLaboklab(37.67% 0.0937 -0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(37.67% 0.177 301.9)
XYZxyz(8.8398, 4.4282, 25.5831)
Luminance0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55168D #4E8D16
analogous
#1A168D #55168D #8D168A
triadic
#55168D #8D5516 #168D55
tetradic
#55168D #8D1A16 #4E8D16 #168A8D
square
#55168D #8D1A16 #4E8D16 #168A8D
split-complementary
#55168D #8A8D16 #168D1A
monochromatic
#150523 #350E58 #55168D #751EC2 #943DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14
#55168D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89
#55168D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55168D
11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55168D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55168D1.0011.141.8911.14
#FFFFFF11.141.0021.001.00
#0000001.8921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003B8B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#493853
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.177 301.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5daf',
    500: '#55168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55168d;
$custom-light: #8b5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37666,
    "c": 0.17728,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55168D
secondary
#7CC13E
accent
#F0388E
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F5
border
#CBC5CF
text
#0D0510
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#55168D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva