#55246B#55246B

#55246B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.124 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55246B
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 107)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 35.33, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 47.66, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.0861 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.124 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0306, 4.2548, 14.3580)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55246B #3A6B24

analogous

#31246B #55246B #6B245D

triadic

#55246B #6B5524 #246B55

tetradic

#55246B #6B3124 #3A6B24 #245D6B

square

#55246B #6B3124 #3A6B24 #245D6B

split-complementary

#55246B #5D6B24 #246B31

monochromatic

#120817 #31153D #55246B #793399 #9C48C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#55246B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#55246B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55246B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55246B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55246B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55246b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.124 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876296',
    500: '#55246b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55246b;
$custom-light: #876296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55246b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 49.65,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36436,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55246B

secondary

#669E4D

accent

#D94F7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55246B

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

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