#55176C#55176C

#55176C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.143 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55176C
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 41.64, -36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 55.04, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.1013 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.143 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7590, 3.6270, 14.5285)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55176C #2E6C17

analogous

#2B176C #55176C #6C1758

triadic

#55176C #6C5517 #176C55

tetradic

#55176C #6C2B17 #2E6C17 #17586C

square

#55176C #6C2B17 #2E6C17 #17586C

split-complementary

#55176C #586C17 #176C2B

monochromatic

#140519 #2D0C3A #55176C #7D229E #A42CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#55176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55176C

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55176C	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.143 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b97',
    500: '#55176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55176c;
$custom-light: #885b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.765,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34956,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55176C

secondary

#58A23D

accent

#E8406D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55176C

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

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