#55185A#55185A

#55185A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.125 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55185A
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 73%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.29, 37.43, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.29, 45.54, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% 0.1017 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.125 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9183, 3.3231, 10.0006)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55185A #1D5A18

analogous

#34185A #55185A #5A183E

triadic

#55185A #5A5518 #185A55

tetradic

#55185A #5A3418 #1D5A18 #183E5A

square

#55185A #5A3418 #1D5A18 #183E5A

split-complementary

#55185A #3E5A18 #185A34

monochromatic

#170618 #270B2A #55185A #83258A #B032BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#55185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55185A

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55185A	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.125 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b89',
    500: '#55185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55185a;
$custom-light: #875b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33769,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55185A

secondary

#44913D

accent

#E14752

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55185A

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

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