#55276A#55276A

#55276A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.118 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55276A
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 106)
HSL	hsl(281, 46%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 63.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 33.48, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 45.28, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.082 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.118 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0729, 4.4231, 14.1140)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55276A #3C6A27

analogous

#33276A #55276A #6A275D

triadic

#55276A #6A5527 #276A55

tetradic

#55276A #6A3327 #3C6A27 #275D6A

square

#55276A #6A3327 #3C6A27 #275D6A

split-complementary

#55276A #5D6A27 #276A33

monochromatic

#120816 #31173D #55276A #793797 #9B4EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#55276A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#55276A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55276A

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55276A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55276A	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11396C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243C68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55276a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.118 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876495',
    500: '#55276a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55276a;
$custom-light: #876495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55276a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.194,
    "s": 46.207,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36797,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55276A

secondary

#689D50

accent

#D6527B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55276A

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

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