#55197E#55197E

#55197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.159 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55197E
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 44.96, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 63.44, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0957 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.159 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8590, 4.1330, 20.1183)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55197E #427E19

analogous

#23197E #55197E #7E1974

triadic

#55197E #7E5519 #197E55

tetradic

#55197E #7E2319 #427E19 #19747E

square

#55197E #7E2319 #427E19 #19747E

split-complementary

#55197E #747E19 #197E23

monochromatic

#11051A #330F4B #55197E #7723B1 #983AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#55197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#55197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55197E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55197E	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.159 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895da4',
    500: '#55197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55197e;
$custom-light: #895da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.644,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36609,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55197E

secondary

#6FB241

accent

#EA3E84

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55197E

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