#55196A#55196A

#55196A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.139 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55196A
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 40.37, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 53.09, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0995 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.139 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6951, 3.6674, 13.9881)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55196A #2E6A19

analogous

#2C196A #55196A #6A1956

triadic

#55196A #6A5519 #196A55

tetradic

#55196A #6A2C19 #2E6A19 #19566A

square

#55196A #6A2C19 #2E6A19 #19566A

split-complementary

#55196A #566A19 #196A2C

monochromatic

#140619 #2D0D38 #55196A #7D259C #A430CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#55196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#55196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55196A

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55196A	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.139 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c95',
    500: '#55196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55196a;
$custom-light: #885c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3501,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55196A

secondary

#58A03F

accent

#E5436D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55196A

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

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