#55169E#55169E

#55169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.194 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55169E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.66, 53.75, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.66, 80.91, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0876 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.194 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2031, 4.9735, 32.7635)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55169E #5F9E16

analogous

#161B9E #55169E #99169E

triadic

#55169E #9E5516 #169E55

tetradic

#55169E #9E161B #5F9E16 #169E99

square

#55169E #9E161B #5F9E16 #169E99

split-complementary

#55169E #9E9916 #1B9E16

monochromatic

#1B0733 #380F68 #55169E #721DD4 #9149E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#55169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#55169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55169E

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55169E	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.194 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ebc',
    500: '#55169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55169e;
$custom-light: #8d5ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39275,
    "c": 0.19424,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55169E

secondary

#8DC749

accent

#F2369B

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #55169E

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

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