#551072#551072

#551072 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.156 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551072
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 114)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 86%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 86%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 45.45, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 60.88, 318.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.1063 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.156 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9683, 3.5170, 16.2281)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551072 #2D7210

analogous

#241072 #551072 #72105E

triadic

#551072 #725510 #107255

tetradic

#551072 #722410 #2D7210 #105E72

square

#551072 #722410 #2D7210 #105E72

split-complementary

#551072 #5E7210 #107224

monochromatic

#14041B #2D083C #551072 #7D18A8 #A51FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#551072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#551072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551072

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551072	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.156 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599b',
    500: '#551072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551072;
$custom-light: #89599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.245,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34829,
    "c": 0.15639,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551072

secondary

#57A934

accent

#F2366D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551072

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

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