#55197F#55197F

#55197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.160 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55197F
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 45.19, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 63.96, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0955 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.16 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9239, 4.1589, 20.4599)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55197F #437F19

analogous

#22197F #55197F #7F1976

triadic

#55197F #7F5519 #197F55

tetradic

#55197F #7F2219 #437F19 #19767F

square

#55197F #7F2219 #437F19 #19767F

split-complementary

#55197F #767F19 #197F22

monochromatic

#11051A #330F4C #55197F #7723B2 #973AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#55197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#55197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55197F

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55197F	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.160 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da5',
    500: '#55197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55197f;
$custom-light: #8a5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36694,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55197F

secondary

#70B341

accent

#EA3E85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55197F

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

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