#55177D#55177D

#55177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.160 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55177D
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 45.50, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 63.79, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0978 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.16 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7536, 4.0249, 19.7665)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55177D #3F7D17

analogous

#22177D #55177D #7D1772

triadic

#55177D #7D5517 #177D55

tetradic

#55177D #7D2217 #3F7D17 #17727D

square

#55177D #7D2217 #3F7D17 #17727D

split-complementary

#55177D #727D17 #177D22

monochromatic

#12051A #320D49 #55177D #7821B1 #9935DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#55177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#55177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55177D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55177D	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.160 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ca3',
    500: '#55177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55177d;
$custom-light: #895ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36336,
    "c": 0.16037,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55177D

secondary

#6BB23E

accent

#EC3C81

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55177D

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

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