#551160#551160

#551160 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.139 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551160
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 96)
HSL	hsl(292, 70%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(292, 82%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 82.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 41.36, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 51.57, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.1088 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.139 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0578, 3.1771, 11.3582)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551160 #1C6011

analogous

#2E1160 #551160 #601143

triadic

#551160 #605511 #116055

tetradic

#551160 #602E11 #1C6011 #114360

square

#551160 #602E11 #1C6011 #114360

split-complementary

#551160 #436011 #11602E

monochromatic

#17051A #27082C #551160 #831A94 #B123C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#551160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#551160 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551160

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551160	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.139 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88588e',
    500: '#551160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551160;
$custom-light: #88588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.646,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33502,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551160

secondary

#429934

accent

#ED3B54

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551160

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

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