#55168F#55168F

#55168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.179 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55168F
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 50.12, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 73.38, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.093 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.179 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9899, 4.4882, 26.3740)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55168F #508F16

analogous

#19168F #55168F #8F168C

triadic

#55168F #8F5516 #168F55

tetradic

#55168F #8F1916 #508F16 #168C8F

square

#55168F #8F1916 #508F16 #168C8F

split-complementary

#55168F #8C8F16 #168F19

monochromatic

#160625 #350E5A #55168F #751EC4 #933EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#55168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#55168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55168F

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55168F	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.179 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5db1',
    500: '#55168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55168f;
$custom-light: #8b5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.24,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3785,
    "c": 0.17927,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55168F

secondary

#7EC13F

accent

#F03890

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55168F

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

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