#55185D#55185D

#55185D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.128 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55185D
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 93)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.49, 38.04, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.49, 47.01, 324.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.1017 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.128 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0485, 3.3752, 10.6867)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.54

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55185D #205D18

analogous

#32185D #55185D #5D1842

triadic

#55185D #5D5518 #185D55

tetradic

#55185D #5D3218 #205D18 #18425D

square

#55185D #5D3218 #205D18 #18425D

split-complementary

#55185D #425D18 #185D32

monochromatic

#160618 #290B2C #55185D #81258E #AE31BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#55185D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55185D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55185D

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55185D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55185D	1.00	12.54	1.68	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55185d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.128 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875b8b',
    500: '#55185d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55185d;
$custom-light: #875b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55185d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.043,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3397,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55185D

secondary

#47933D

accent

#E24658

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55185D

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

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