#55177A#55177A

#55177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.157 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55177A
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 44.80, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 62.24, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0985 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.157 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5648, 3.9494, 18.7724)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55177A #3C7A17

analogous

#23177A #55177A #7A176D

triadic

#55177A #7A5517 #177A55

tetradic

#55177A #7A2317 #3C7A17 #176D7A

square

#55177A #7A2317 #3C7A17 #176D7A

split-complementary

#55177A #6D7A17 #177A23

monochromatic

#12051A #310D47 #55177A #7921AD #9B33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#55177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#55177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55177A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55177A	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.157 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca1',
    500: '#55177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55177a;
$custom-light: #895ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.576,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36082,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55177A

secondary

#68AF3E

accent

#EB3D7E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55177A

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

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