#551168#551168

#551168 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.146 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551168
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 104)
HSL	hsl(287, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 84%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 83.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 43.00, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 55.52, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.1076 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.146 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4451, 3.3320, 13.3977)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551168 #246811

analogous

#291168 #551168 #68114F

triadic

#551168 #685511 #116855

tetradic

#551168 #682911 #246811 #114F68

square

#551168 #682911 #246811 #114F68

split-complementary

#551168 #4F6811 #116829

monochromatic

#15041A #2A0833 #551168 #801A9D #AB22D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#551168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551168 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551168

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551168	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54253D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.146 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885994',
    500: '#551168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551168;
$custom-light: #885994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.897,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34104,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551168

secondary

#4CA035

accent

#EF3961

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551168

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

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