#55196B#55196B

#55196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.140 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55196B
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 40.60, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 53.60, 319.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0994 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.14 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7474, 3.6883, 14.2636)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55196B #2F6B19

analogous

#2C196B #55196B #6B1958

triadic

#55196B #6B5519 #196B55

tetradic

#55196B #6B2C19 #2F6B19 #19586B

square

#55196B #6B2C19 #2F6B19 #19586B

split-complementary

#55196B #586B19 #196B2C

monochromatic

#140619 #2E0D39 #55196B #7C259D #A430CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#55196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#55196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55196B

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55196B	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.140 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c96',
    500: '#55196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55196b;
$custom-light: #885c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.902,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35085,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55196B

secondary

#59A13F

accent

#E5436E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55196B

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

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