#55256C#55256C

#55256C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.124 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55256C
RGB	rgb(85, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.76, 35.04, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.76, 47.59, 317.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0847 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.124 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1142, 4.3373, 14.6469)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55256C #3C6C25

analogous

#31256C #55256C #6C255F

triadic

#55256C #6C5525 #256C55

tetradic

#55256C #6C3125 #3C6C25 #255F6C

square

#55256C #6C3125 #3C6C25 #255F6C

split-complementary

#55256C #5F6C25 #256C31

monochromatic

#120817 #31153E #55256C #79359A #9B4AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#55256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#55256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55256C

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55256C	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09386E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.124 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876396',
    500: '#55256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55256c;
$custom-light: #876396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36645,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55256C

secondary

#689F4E

accent

#D94F7C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55256C

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

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