#55184E#55184E

#55184E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.114 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55184E
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 78)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.58, 35.13, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.58, 39.94, 331.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% 0.101 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.114 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4481, 3.1350, 7.5244)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55184E #18551F

analogous

#3E1855 #55184E #551830

triadic

#55184E #4E5518 #184E55

tetradic

#55184E #553E18 #18551F #183055

square

#55184E #553E18 #18551F #183055

split-complementary

#55184E #305518 #18553E

monochromatic

#180716 #250B22 #55184E #85257A #B433A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#55184E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#55184E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55184E

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55184E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55184E	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#591D30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55184e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.114 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b80',
    500: '#55184e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55184e;
$custom-light: #875b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55184e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.885,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33018,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55184E

secondary

#3D8C46

accent

#DF5A49

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C040A

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55184E

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

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