#55175D#55175D

#55175D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.129 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55175D
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(293, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 38.46, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 47.49, 324.08°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.1028 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.129 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0283, 3.3347, 10.6799)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55175D #1F5D17

analogous

#32175D #55175D #5D1742

triadic

#55175D #5D5517 #175D55

tetradic

#55175D #5D3217 #1F5D17 #17425D

square

#55175D #5D3217 #1F5D17 #17425D

split-complementary

#55175D #425D17 #175D32

monochromatic

#160619 #280B2C #55175D #82238E #AF2FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#55175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#55175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55175D

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55175D	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.129 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b8b',
    500: '#55175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55175d;
$custom-light: #885b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33862,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55175D

secondary

#46943C

accent

#E34457

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55175D

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

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