#55186B#55186B

#55186B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.141 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55186B
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 41.01, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 54.07, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.1005 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.141 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7264, 3.6464, 14.2566)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55186B #2E6B18

analogous

#2B186B #55186B #6B1857

triadic

#55186B #6B5518 #186B55

tetradic

#55186B #6B2B18 #2E6B18 #18576B

square

#55186B #6B2B18 #2E6B18 #18576B

split-complementary

#55186B #576B18 #186B2B

monochromatic

#140619 #2D0D39 #55186B #7D239D #A42ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#55186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55186B

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55186B	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.141 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c96',
    500: '#55186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55186b;
$custom-light: #885c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.096,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3498,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55186B

secondary

#58A13E

accent

#E6416D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55186B

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

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