#55188E#55188E

#55188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.177 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55188E
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 49.17, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 72.10, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0919 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.177 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9542, 4.5375, 25.9900)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55188E #518E18

analogous

#1A188E #55188E #8E188C

triadic

#55188E #8E5518 #188E55

tetradic

#55188E #8E1A18 #518E18 #188C8E

square

#55188E #8E1A18 #518E18 #188C8E

split-complementary

#55188E #8C8E18 #188E1A

monochromatic

#160625 #360F5A #55188E #7421C2 #9341DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#55188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55188E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55188E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.177 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eb0',
    500: '#55188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55188e;
$custom-light: #8b5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.017,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37926,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55188E

secondary

#7FC042

accent

#EE3A91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55188E

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

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