#55175B#55175B

#55175B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.127 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55175B
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 38.06, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 46.51, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.1029 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.127 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9409, 3.2998, 10.2195)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55175B #1D5B17

analogous

#33175B #55175B #5B173F

triadic

#55175B #5B5517 #175B55

tetradic

#55175B #5B3317 #1D5B17 #173F5B

square

#55175B #5B3317 #1D5B17 #173F5B

split-complementary

#55175B #3F5B17 #175B33

monochromatic

#170618 #270B2A #55175B #83238C #B030BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#55175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55175B

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55175B	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.127 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b8a',
    500: '#55175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55175b;
$custom-light: #875b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33726,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55175B

secondary

#44923C

accent

#E34553

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55175B

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

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