#55176A#55176A

#55176A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.141 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55176A
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 41.20, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 54.02, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.1016 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.141 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6538, 3.5850, 13.9743)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55176A #2C6A17

analogous

#2B176A #55176A #6A1755

triadic

#55176A #6A5517 #176A55

tetradic

#55176A #6A2B17 #2C6A17 #17556A

square

#55176A #6A2B17 #2C6A17 #17556A

split-complementary

#55176A #556A17 #176A2B

monochromatic

#140519 #2D0C38 #55176A #7D229C #A62DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#55176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55176A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55176A	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.141 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b95',
    500: '#55176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55176a;
$custom-light: #885b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.819,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34803,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55176A

secondary

#56A03D

accent

#E7406B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55176A

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

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