#55196D#55196D

#55196D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.142 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55196D
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 41.04, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 54.63, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0991 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.142 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8538, 3.7309, 14.8241)
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

#55196D #316D19

analogous

#2B196D #55196D #6D195B

triadic

#55196D #6D5519 #196D55

tetradic

#55196D #6D2B19 #316D19 #195B6D

square

#55196D #6D2B19 #316D19 #195B6D

split-complementary

#55196D #5B6D19 #196D2B

monochromatic

#130619 #2E0E3B #55196D #7C249F #A231D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#55196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#55196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55196D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55196D	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.142 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c97',
    500: '#55196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55196d;
$custom-light: #885c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35237,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55196D

secondary

#5CA23F

accent

#E64271

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55196D

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

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