#55198F#55198F

#55198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.177 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55198F
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 49.04, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 72.21, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0909 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.177 301)
XYZ	xyz(9.0506, 4.6097, 26.3942)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55198F #538F19

analogous

#1A198F #55198F #8F198E

triadic

#55198F #8F5519 #198F55

tetradic

#55198F #8F1A19 #538F19 #198E8F

square

#55198F #8F1A19 #538F19 #198E8F

split-complementary

#55198F #8E8F19 #198F1A

monochromatic

#170727 #36105B #55198F #7422C3 #9344DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#55198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#55198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55198F

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55198F	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.177 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eb1',
    500: '#55198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55198f;
$custom-light: #8b5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38106,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.0461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55198F

secondary

#81BF44

accent

#ED3B92

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #55198F

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

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