#55177B#55177B

#55177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.158 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55177B
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 45.03, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 62.76, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0983 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.158 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6271, 3.9743, 19.1004)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55177B #3D7B17

analogous

#23177B #55177B #7B176F

triadic

#55177B #7B5517 #177B55

tetradic

#55177B #7B2317 #3D7B17 #176F7B

square

#55177B #7B2317 #3D7B17 #176F7B

split-complementary

#55177B #6F7B17 #177B23

monochromatic

#12051A #310D47 #55177B #7921AF #9A33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#55177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#55177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55177B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55177B	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.158 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca2',
    500: '#55177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55177b;
$custom-light: #895ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36166,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55177B

secondary

#69B03E

accent

#EB3C7F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55177B

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

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