#551059#551059

#551059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.134 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551059
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(297, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 40.34, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 48.61, 326.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.1103 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.134 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7347, 3.0235, 9.7308)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551059 #145910

analogous

#301059 #551059 #591038

triadic

#551059 #595510 #105955

tetradic

#551059 #593010 #145910 #103859

square

#551059 #593010 #145910 #103859

split-complementary

#551059 #385910 #105930

monochromatic

#19051A #230725 #551059 #87198D #B823C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#551059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551059

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551059	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571D34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.134 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885888',
    500: '#551059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551059;
$custom-light: #885888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.712,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32921,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551059

secondary

#389233

accent

#EC3B45

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551059

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

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