#551156#551156

#551156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.130 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551156
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(299, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(299, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.06, 39.43, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.06, 46.80, 327.39°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.1095 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.13 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6264, 3.0045, 9.0859)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551156 #125611

analogous

#321156 #551156 #561135

triadic

#551156 #565511 #115655

tetradic

#551156 #563211 #125611 #113556

square

#551156 #563211 #125611 #113556

split-complementary

#551156 #355611 #115632

monochromatic

#19051A #220723 #551156 #881B89 #BA25BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#551156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551156

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551156	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.130 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885886',
    500: '#551156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551156;
$custom-light: #885886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32803,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551156

secondary

#358F34

accent

#EA3E40

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551156

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

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