#55216A#55216A

#55216A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.128 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55216A
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 106)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 68.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 36.65, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 48.87, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% 0.09 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.128 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8913, 4.0598, 14.0535)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55216A #366A21

analogous

#31216A #55216A #6A215A

triadic

#55216A #6A5521 #216A55

tetradic

#55216A #6A3121 #366A21 #215A6A

square

#55216A #6A3121 #366A21 #215A6A

split-complementary

#55216A #5A6A21 #216A31

monochromatic

#130717 #30123B #55216A #7A3099 #9E41C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#55216A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#55216A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55216A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55216A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55216A	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55216a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.128 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876095',
    500: '#55216a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55216a;
$custom-light: #876095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55216a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.74,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3596,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55216A

secondary

#619E49

accent

#DC4C75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55216A

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

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