#55198D#55198D

#55198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.175 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55198D
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.41, 48.56, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.41, 71.18, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0915 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.175 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9005, 4.5496, 25.6034)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55198D #518D19

analogous

#1B198D #55198D #8D198B

triadic

#55198D #8D5519 #198D55

tetradic

#55198D #8D1B19 #518D19 #198B8D

square

#55198D #8D1B19 #518D19 #198B8D

split-complementary

#55198D #8B8D19 #198D1B

monochromatic

#160725 #361059 #55198D #7422C1 #9343DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#55198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#55198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55198D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55198D	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.175 301.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37924,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55198D

secondary

#7FBF43

accent

#ED3B91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55198D

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

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