#55176B#55176B

#55176B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.142 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55176B
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 41.42, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 54.53, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.1015 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.142 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7061, 3.6059, 14.2498)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55176B #2D6B17

analogous

#2B176B #55176B #6B1757

triadic

#55176B #6B5517 #176B55

tetradic

#55176B #6B2B17 #2D6B17 #17576B

square

#55176B #6B2B17 #2D6B17 #17576B

split-complementary

#55176B #576B17 #176B2B

monochromatic

#140519 #2D0C39 #55176B #7D229D #A52DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#55176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55176B

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55176B	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.142 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b96',
    500: '#55176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55176b;
$custom-light: #885b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34879,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55176B

secondary

#57A13D

accent

#E8406C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55176B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →