#55169F#55169F

#55169F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.195 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55169F
RGBrgb(85, 22, 159)
HSLhsl(268, 76%, 35%)
HSVhsv(268, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(46.5%, 86.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(26.76, 54.00, -60.92)
CIE-LCHlch(26.76, 81.41, 311.55°)
OKLaboklab(39.37% 0.0872 -0.1747)
OKLCHoklch(39.37% 0.195 296.5)
XYZxyz(10.2896, 5.0081, 33.2187)
Luminance0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55169F #609F16
analogous
#161C9F #55169F #99169F
triadic
#55169F #9F5516 #169F55
tetradic
#55169F #9F161C #609F16 #169F99
square
#55169F #9F161C #609F16 #169F99
split-complementary
#55169F #9F9916 #1C9F16
monochromatic
#1C0733 #380F69 #55169F #721DD5 #914AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49
#55169F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00
#55169F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55169F
10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55169F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##55169F1.0010.492.0010.49
#FFFFFF10.491.0021.001.00
#0000002.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0040A3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003D9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#40405E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55169f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.195 296.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ebd',
    500: '#55169f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55169f;
$custom-light: #8d5ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55169f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.591,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39372,
    "c": 0.19524,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55169F
secondary
#8DC74A
accent
#F2369B
background
#F9F5FB
surface
#F1EAF7
border
#CBC6D0
text
#0D0512
muted
#7E7981

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#55169F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva