#551159#551159

#551159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.133 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551159
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(297, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.26, 39.99, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.26, 48.21, 326.06°)
OKLab	oklab(33.01% 0.1094 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(33.01% 0.133 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7498, 3.0538, 9.7359)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551159 #155911

analogous

#311159 #551159 #591139

triadic

#551159 #595511 #115955

tetradic

#551159 #593111 #155911 #113959

square

#551159 #593111 #155911 #113959

split-complementary

#551159 #395911 #115931

monochromatic

#19051A #240726 #551159 #861B8C #B725C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#551159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#551159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551159

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551159	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.133 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885888',
    500: '#551159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551159;
$custom-light: #885888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33007,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551159

secondary

#399234

accent

#EB3D47

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551159

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

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