#55195B#55195B

#55195B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.124 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55195B
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 91)
HSL	hsl(295, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 37.19, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 45.52, 324.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.1005 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.124 324)
XYZ	xyz(5.9821, 3.3822, 10.2332)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.11

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55195B #1F5B19

analogous

#34195B #55195B #5B1940

triadic

#55195B #5B5519 #195B55

tetradic

#55195B #5B3419 #1F5B19 #19405B

square

#55195B #5B3419 #1F5B19 #19405B

split-complementary

#55195B #405B19 #195B34

monochromatic

#160718 #280C2B #55195B #82268B #AF33BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#55195B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55195B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55195B

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55195B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55195B	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55195b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.124 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875c8a',
    500: '#55195b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55195b;
$custom-light: #875c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55195b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33947,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.03382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55195B

secondary

#46913F

accent

#E04856

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55195B

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

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