#55196E#55196E

#55196E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.143 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55196E
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(282, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 41.26, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 55.15, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.099 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.143 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9079, 3.7526, 15.1093)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55196E #326E19

analogous

#2B196E #55196E #6E195D

triadic

#55196E #6E5519 #196E55

tetradic

#55196E #6E2B19 #326E19 #195D6E

square

#55196E #6E2B19 #326E19 #195D6E

split-complementary

#55196E #5D6E19 #196E2B

monochromatic

#130619 #2E0E3C #55196E #7C24A0 #A131D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#55196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#55196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55196E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55196E	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.143 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885c98',
    500: '#55196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55196e;
$custom-light: #885c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35314,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55196E

secondary

#5DA33F

accent

#E64272

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55196E

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

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