#55176E#55176E

#55176E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.145 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55176E
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(283, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 42.08, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 56.07, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.101 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.145 314)
XYZ	xyz(6.8667, 3.6701, 15.0955)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55176E #306E17

analogous

#29176E #55176E #6E175B

triadic

#55176E #6E5517 #176E55

tetradic

#55176E #6E2917 #306E17 #175B6E

square

#55176E #6E2917 #306E17 #175B6E

split-complementary

#55176E #5B6E17 #176E29

monochromatic

#140519 #2E0C3B #55176E #7C22A1 #A32CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#55176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55176E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55176E	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.145 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c98',
    500: '#55176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55176e;
$custom-light: #885c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.759,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35111,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55176E

secondary

#5BA43D

accent

#E83F70

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55176E

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

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