#55186A#55186A

#55186A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.140 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55186A
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 40.80, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 53.56, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.1006 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.14 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6741, 3.6254, 13.9811)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55186A #2D6A18

analogous

#2C186A #55186A #6A1856

triadic

#55186A #6A5518 #186A55

tetradic

#55186A #6A2C18 #2D6A18 #18566A

square

#55186A #6A2C18 #2D6A18 #18566A

split-complementary

#55186A #566A18 #186A2C

monochromatic

#140619 #2D0D38 #55186A #7D239C #A52FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#55186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55186A

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55186A	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.140 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c95',
    500: '#55186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55186a;
$custom-light: #885c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.634,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34905,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55186A

secondary

#57A03E

accent

#E6426C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55186A

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

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