#55197B#55197B

#55197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.156 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55197B
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 44.25, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 61.89, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0964 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.156 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6683, 4.0567, 19.1141)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55197B #3F7B19

analogous

#24197B #55197B #7B1970

triadic

#55197B #7B5519 #197B55

tetradic

#55197B #7B2419 #3F7B19 #19707B

square

#55197B #7B2419 #3F7B19 #19707B

split-complementary

#55197B #707B19 #197B24

monochromatic

#120519 #320F48 #55197B #7823AE #9938D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#55197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#55197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55197B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55197B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.156 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da2',
    500: '#55197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55197b;
$custom-light: #895da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36357,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55197B

secondary

#6BAF40

accent

#E93F81

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55197B

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

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