#55198C#55198C

#55198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.174 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55198C
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 48.31, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 70.67, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0918 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.174 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8264, 4.5200, 25.2133)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55198C #508C19

analogous

#1B198C #55198C #8C198A

triadic

#55198C #8C5519 #198C55

tetradic

#55198C #8C1B19 #508C19 #198A8C

square

#55198C #8C1B19 #508C19 #198A8C

split-complementary

#55198C #8A8C19 #198C1B

monochromatic

#160624 #351058 #55198C #7522C0 #9342DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#55198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#55198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55198C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55198C	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.174 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eaf',
    500: '#55198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55198c;
$custom-light: #8b5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37834,
    "c": 0.17359,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55198C

secondary

#7EBE43

accent

#ED3B90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55198C

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

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