#55197A#55197A

#55197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.155 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55197A
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 44.02, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 61.37, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0967 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.155 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6061, 4.0318, 18.7861)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55197A #3E7A19

analogous

#25197A #55197A #7A196F

triadic

#55197A #7A5519 #197A55

tetradic

#55197A #7A2519 #3E7A19 #196F7A

square

#55197A #7A2519 #3E7A19 #196F7A

split-complementary

#55197A #6F7A19 #197A25

monochromatic

#120519 #320F47 #55197A #7823AD #9A37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#55197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#55197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55197A

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55197A	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.155 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da1',
    500: '#55197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55197a;
$custom-light: #895da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.113,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36274,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55197A

secondary

#6AAF40

accent

#E93F80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55197A

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

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