#55175C#55175C

#55175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.128 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55175C
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(294, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 38.26, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 47.00, 324.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.79% 0.1028 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(33.79% 0.128 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9843, 3.3171, 10.4482)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55175C #1E5C17

analogous

#32175C #55175C #5C1740

triadic

#55175C #5C5517 #175C55

tetradic

#55175C #5C3217 #1E5C17 #17405C

square

#55175C #5C3217 #1E5C17 #17405C

split-complementary

#55175C #405C17 #175C32

monochromatic

#170618 #280B2B #55175C #82238D #AF2FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#55175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55175C

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55175C	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.128 323.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.913,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33794,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55175C

secondary

#45933C

accent

#E34555

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55175C

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

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