#55185C#55185C

#55185C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.127 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55185C
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(294, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 37.83, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 46.51, 324.42°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.1017 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.127 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0045, 3.3576, 10.4550)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55185C #1F5C18

analogous

#33185C #55185C #5C1841

triadic

#55185C #5C5518 #185C55

tetradic

#55185C #5C3318 #1F5C18 #18415C

square

#55185C #5C3318 #1F5C18 #18415C

split-complementary

#55185C #415C18 #185C33

monochromatic

#160618 #280B2B #55185C #82258D #AF31BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#55185C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#55185C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55185C

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55185C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55185C	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55185c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.127 323.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55185c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.824,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33902,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55185C

secondary

#46933D

accent

#E24656

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55185C

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

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