#551070#551070

#551070 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.155 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551070
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 112)
HSL	hsl(283, 75%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 86%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 85.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 45.02, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 59.88, 318.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.1068 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.155 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8557, 3.4720, 15.6351)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551070 #2B7010

analogous

#251070 #551070 #70105B

triadic

#551070 #705510 #107055

tetradic

#551070 #702510 #2B7010 #105B70

square

#551070 #702510 #2B7010 #105B70

split-complementary

#551070 #5B7010 #107025

monochromatic

#14041B #2C083A #551070 #7E18A6 #A61FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#551070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#551070 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551070

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551070	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.155 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599a',
    500: '#551070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551070;
$custom-light: #89599a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34664,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551070

secondary

#55A834

accent

#F2366B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551070

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

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