#55186D#55186D

#55186D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.143 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55186D
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 41.46, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 55.10, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.1002 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.143 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8328, 3.6889, 14.8171)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55186D #306D18

analogous

#2A186D #55186D #6D185A

triadic

#55186D #6D5518 #186D55

tetradic

#55186D #6D2A18 #306D18 #185A6D

square

#55186D #6D2A18 #306D18 #185A6D

split-complementary

#55186D #5A6D18 #186D2A

monochromatic

#140619 #2E0D3B #55186D #7C239F #A32ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#55186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#55186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55186D

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55186D	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.143 314.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.059,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35133,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55186D

secondary

#5BA33E

accent

#E74170

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55186D

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

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