#55175A#55175A

#55175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.126 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55175A
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(296, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 37.86, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 46.03, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.1029 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.126 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8980, 3.2826, 9.9938)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55175A #1C5A17

analogous

#33175A #55175A #5A173E

triadic

#55175A #5A5517 #175A55

tetradic

#55175A #5A3317 #1C5A17 #173E5A

square

#55175A #5A3317 #1C5A17 #173E5A

split-complementary

#55175A #3E5A17 #175A33

monochromatic

#170618 #270B29 #55175A #83238B #B130BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#55175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55175A

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55175A	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.126 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b89',
    500: '#55175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55175a;
$custom-light: #875b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.522,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33659,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55175A

secondary

#42913C

accent

#E24551

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55175A

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

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