#55206E#55206E

#55206E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.134 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55206E
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 110)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 38.07, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 51.55, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.091 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.134 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0768, 4.0903, 15.1655)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55206E #396E20

analogous

#2E206E #55206E #6E2060

triadic

#55206E #6E5520 #206E55

tetradic

#55206E #6E2E20 #396E20 #20606E

square

#55206E #6E2E20 #396E20 #20606E

split-complementary

#55206E #606E20 #206E2E

monochromatic

#120718 #30123F #55206E #7A2E9D #9C41C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#55206E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#55206E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55206E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55206E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55206E	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55206e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.134 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886098',
    500: '#55206e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55206e;
$custom-light: #886098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55206e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.769,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36121,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55206E

secondary

#65A248

accent

#DE4A79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55206E

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

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