#55186C#55186C

#55186C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.142 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55186C
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 108)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 77.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 41.24, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 54.59, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.1003 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.142 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7793, 3.6675, 14.5352)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55186C #2F6C18

analogous

#2B186C #55186C #6C1859

triadic

#55186C #6C5518 #186C55

tetradic

#55186C #6C2B18 #2F6C18 #18596C

square

#55186C #6C2B18 #2F6C18 #18596C

split-complementary

#55186C #596C18 #186C2B

monochromatic

#140619 #2E0D3A #55186C #7C239E #A42ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#55186C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55186C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55186C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55186C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55186C	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55186c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.142 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c97',
    500: '#55186c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55186c;
$custom-light: #885c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55186c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35057,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55186C

secondary

#59A23E

accent

#E7416E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55186C

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

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