#551166#551166

#551166 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.144 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551166
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 102)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 83%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 42.58, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 54.53, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.108 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.144 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3447, 3.2918, 12.8690)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551166 #226611

analogous

#2A1166 #551166 #66114C

triadic

#551166 #665511 #116655

tetradic

#551166 #662A11 #226611 #114C66

square

#551166 #662A11 #226611 #114C66

split-complementary

#551166 #4C6611 #11662A

monochromatic

#16041A #290832 #551166 #811A9A #AC22CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#551166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551166

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551166	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55243C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.144 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885992',
    500: '#551166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551166;
$custom-light: #885992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3395,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551166

secondary

#4A9E35

accent

#EE3A5E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551166

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

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