#55175F#55175F

#55175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.131 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55175F
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(292, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(292, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 38.87, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 48.48, 323.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.1027 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.131 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1180, 3.3706, 11.1526)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55175F #215F17

analogous

#31175F #55175F #5F1745

triadic

#55175F #5F5517 #175F55

tetradic

#55175F #5F3117 #215F17 #17455F

square

#55175F #5F3117 #215F17 #17455F

split-complementary

#55175F #455F17 #175F31

monochromatic

#160619 #290B2E #55175F #812390 #AD2FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#55175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#55175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55175F

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55175F	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20365D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.131 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b8d',
    500: '#55175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55175f;
$custom-light: #885b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.667,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34001,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55175F

secondary

#49963C

accent

#E4445A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55175F

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

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