#55198E#55198E

#55198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.176 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55198E
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 48.80, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 71.69, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.0912 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.176 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9752, 4.5795, 25.9970)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55198E #528E19

analogous

#1A198E #55198E #8E198D

triadic

#55198E #8E5519 #198E55

tetradic

#55198E #8E1A19 #528E19 #198D8E

square

#55198E #8E1A19 #528E19 #198D8E

split-complementary

#55198E #8D8E19 #198E1A

monochromatic

#170726 #36105A #55198E #7422C2 #9343DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#55198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#55198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55198E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55198E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.176 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eb0',
    500: '#55198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55198e;
$custom-light: #8b5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38015,
    "c": 0.17563,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55198E

secondary

#80BF44

accent

#ED3B92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55198E

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

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