#55185B#55185B

#55185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.126 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55185B
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 37.63, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 46.02, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.1017 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.126 324)
XYZ	xyz(5.9611, 3.3403, 10.2263)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55185B #1E5B18

analogous

#34185B #55185B #5B183F

triadic

#55185B #5B5518 #185B55

tetradic

#55185B #5B3418 #1E5B18 #183F5B

square

#55185B #5B3418 #1E5B18 #183F5B

split-complementary

#55185B #3F5B18 #185B34

monochromatic

#170618 #280B2B #55185B #82258B #AF32BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#55185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#55185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55185B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55185B	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.126 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b8a',
    500: '#55185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55185b;
$custom-light: #875b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.627,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33835,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.0334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55185B

secondary

#45923D

accent

#E14654

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55185B

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

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