#55176D#55176D

#55176D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.144 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55176D
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 41.86, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 55.55, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.1012 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.144 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8126, 3.6485, 14.8104)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55176D #2F6D17

analogous

#2A176D #55176D #6D175A

triadic

#55176D #6D5517 #176D55

tetradic

#55176D #6D2A17 #2F6D17 #175A6D

square

#55176D #6D2A17 #2F6D17 #175A6D

split-complementary

#55176D #5A6D17 #176D2A

monochromatic

#140519 #2E0C3A #55176D #7C22A0 #A42CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#55176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55176D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55176D	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.144 314.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.256,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35033,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55176D

secondary

#59A33D

accent

#E8406F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55176D

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

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