#551055#551055

#551055 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.130 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551055
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.88, 39.59, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.88, 46.74, 327.89°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% 0.1105 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.13 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5712, 2.9582, 8.8701)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551055 #105510

analogous

#331055 #551055 #551033

triadic

#551055 #555510 #105555

tetradic

#551055 #553310 #105510 #103355

square

#551055 #553310 #105510 #103355

split-complementary

#551055 #335510 #105533

monochromatic

#1A051A #210621 #551055 #891A89 #BC23BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.19

#551055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551055

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551055	1.00	13.19	1.59	13.19
#FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.130 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885785',
    500: '#551055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551055;
$custom-light: #885785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3265,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551055

secondary

#328F32

accent

#EB3D3D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551055

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

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