#551165#551165

#551165 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.143 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551165
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 101)
HSL	hsl(289, 71%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(289, 83%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.10, 42.38, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.10, 54.03, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.1081 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.143 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2954, 3.2721, 12.6094)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551165 #216511

analogous

#2B1165 #551165 #65114B

triadic

#551165 #655511 #116555

tetradic

#551165 #652B11 #216511 #114B65

square

#551165 #652B11 #216511 #114B65

split-complementary

#551165 #4B6511 #11652B

monochromatic

#16041A #290831 #551165 #811A99 #AD23CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#551165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551165 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551165

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551165	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55243B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.143 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885991',
    500: '#551165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551165;
$custom-light: #885991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33874,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551165

secondary

#499D35

accent

#EE3A5C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551165

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

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