#55168E#55168E

#55168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.178 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55168E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 49.88, -53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 72.87, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0934 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.178 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9145, 4.4581, 25.9768)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55168E #4F8E16

analogous

#19168E #55168E #8E168B

triadic

#55168E #8E5516 #168E55

tetradic

#55168E #8E1916 #4F8E16 #168B8E

square

#55168E #8E1916 #4F8E16 #168B8E

split-complementary

#55168E #8B8E16 #168E19

monochromatic

#160624 #350E59 #55168E #751EC3 #933DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#55168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#55168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55168E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55168E	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.178 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db0',
    500: '#55168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55168e;
$custom-light: #8b5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37758,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55168E

secondary

#7DC13F

accent

#F0388F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55168E

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

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