#55177F#55177F

#55177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55177F
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 45.96, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 64.81, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0972 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.162 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8826, 4.0765, 20.4461)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55177F #417F17

analogous

#21177F #55177F #7F1775

triadic

#55177F #7F5517 #177F55

tetradic

#55177F #7F2117 #417F17 #17757F

square

#55177F #7F2117 #417F17 #17757F

split-complementary

#55177F #757F17 #177F21

monochromatic

#11051A #320E4B #55177F #7820B3 #9836DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#55177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#55177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55177F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55177F	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca5',
    500: '#55177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55177f;
$custom-light: #8a5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36507,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55177F

secondary

#6EB43E

accent

#EC3C83

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55177F

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

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