#55185E#55185E

#55185E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.128 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55185E
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(292, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.55, 38.24, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.55, 47.50, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.1016 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.128 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0931, 3.3931, 10.9215)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55185E #215E18

analogous

#32185E #55185E #5E1844

triadic

#55185E #5E5518 #185E55

tetradic

#55185E #5E3218 #215E18 #18445E

square

#55185E #5E3218 #215E18 #18445E

split-complementary

#55185E #445E18 #185E32

monochromatic

#160618 #290C2D #55185E #81248F #AD31C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#55185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55185E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55185E	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.128 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b8c',
    500: '#55185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55185e;
$custom-light: #885b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.286,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34039,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55185E

secondary

#49943D

accent

#E3455A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55185E

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

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