#551155#551155

#551155 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.129 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551155
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 39.24, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 46.34, 327.86°)
OKLab	oklab(32.74% 0.1095 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(32.74% 0.129 328)
XYZ	xyz(5.5864, 2.9885, 8.8752)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551155 #115511

analogous

#331155 #551155 #551133

triadic

#551155 #555511 #115555

tetradic

#551155 #553311 #115511 #113355

square

#551155 #553311 #115511 #113355

split-complementary

#551155 #335511 #115533

monochromatic

#1A051A #220722 #551155 #881B88 #BB25BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#551155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551155

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551155	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.129 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885885',
    500: '#551155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551155;
$custom-light: #885885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32737,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.02988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551155

secondary

#348E34

accent

#EA3E3E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551155

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

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