#55177E#55177E

#55177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.161 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55177E
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 45.73, -45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 64.30, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0975 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.161 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8178, 4.0505, 20.1046)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55177E #407E17

analogous

#22177E #55177E #7E1774

triadic

#55177E #7E5517 #177E55

tetradic

#55177E #7E2217 #407E17 #17747E

square

#55177E #7E2217 #407E17 #17747E

split-complementary

#55177E #747E17 #177E22

monochromatic

#11051A #320E4A #55177E #7820B2 #9935DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#55177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#55177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55177E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55177E	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.161 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca4',
    500: '#55177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55177e;
$custom-light: #8a5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.117,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36421,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55177E

secondary

#6DB33E

accent

#EC3C82

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55177E

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

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