#55174B#55174B

#55174B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.113 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55174B
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(310, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(310, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.25, 35.03, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.25, 39.15, 333.49°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.102 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.113 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3228, 3.0525, 6.9641)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55174B #175521

analogous

#401755 #55174B #55172C

triadic

#55174B #4B5517 #174B55

tetradic

#55174B #554017 #175521 #172C55

square

#55174B #554017 #175521 #172C55

split-complementary

#55174B #2C5517 #175540

monochromatic

#180715 #250A20 #55174B #852475 #B531A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#55174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#55174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55174B

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55174B	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.113 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875a7d',
    500: '#55174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55174b;
$custom-light: #875a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.677,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3273,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55174B

secondary

#3C8C49

accent

#E16047

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C0409

muted

#7D797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #55174B

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

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