#55197D#55197D

#55197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.158 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55197D
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 44.72, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 62.92, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.096 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.158 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7948, 4.1073, 19.7802)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55197D #417D19

analogous

#23197D #55197D #7D1973

triadic

#55197D #7D5519 #197D55

tetradic

#55197D #7D2319 #417D19 #19737D

square

#55197D #7D2319 #417D19 #19737D

split-complementary

#55197D #737D19 #197D23

monochromatic

#11051A #320F4A #55197D #7823B0 #9839D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#55197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#55197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55197D

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55197D	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.158 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da3',
    500: '#55197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55197d;
$custom-light: #895da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36525,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55197D

secondary

#6EB140

accent

#EA3E83

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55197D

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

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