#55186F#55186F

#55186F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.145 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55186F
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 111)
HSL	hsl(282, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 41.90, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 56.13, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.0998 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.145 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9417, 3.7325, 15.3906)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55186F #326F18

analogous

#2A186F #55186F #6F185E

triadic

#55186F #6F5518 #186F55

tetradic

#55186F #6F2A18 #326F18 #185E6F

square

#55186F #6F2A18 #326F18 #185E6F

split-complementary

#55186F #5E6F18 #186F2A

monochromatic

#130519 #2E0D3D #55186F #7C23A1 #A12FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#55186F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#55186F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55186F

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55186F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55186F	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55186f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.145 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c99',
    500: '#55186f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55186f;
$custom-light: #885c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55186f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.069,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35289,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55186F

secondary

#5DA53E

accent

#E74072

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55186F

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

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