#55186E#55186E

#55186E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.144 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55186E
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 41.68, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 55.61, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.1 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.144 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8869, 3.7106, 15.1023)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55186E #316E18

analogous

#2A186E #55186E #6E185C

triadic

#55186E #6E5518 #186E55

tetradic

#55186E #6E2A18 #316E18 #185C6E

square

#55186E #6E2A18 #316E18 #185C6E

split-complementary

#55186E #5C6E18 #186E2A

monochromatic

#130519 #2E0D3C #55186E #7C23A0 #A22FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#55186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#55186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55186E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55186E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.144 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c98',
    500: '#55186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55186e;
$custom-light: #885c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.558,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35211,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55186E

secondary

#5CA43E

accent

#E74171

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55186E

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

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