#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
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 49.64, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 72.37, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0937 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.177 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8398, 4.4282, 25.5831)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##55168D	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55168D

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

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