#551167#551167

#551167 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.145 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551167
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 103)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 83%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 83.5%, 0%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.25, 42.79, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.25, 55.02, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.1078 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.145 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3946, 3.3118, 13.1317)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551167 #236711

analogous

#2A1167 #551167 #67114E

triadic

#551167 #675511 #116755

tetradic

#551167 #672A11 #236711 #114E67

square

#551167 #672A11 #236711 #114E67

split-complementary

#551167 #4E6711 #11672A

monochromatic

#16041A #2A0832 #551167 #801A9C #AC22D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#551167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551167 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551167

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551167	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.145 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885993',
    500: '#551167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551167;
$custom-light: #885993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.442,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34027,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551167

secondary

#4B9F35

accent

#EE395F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551167

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

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