#551171#551171

#551171 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.155 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551171
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 113)
HSL	hsl(283, 74%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 85%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 85%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 44.91, -39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 60.03, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.1057 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.155 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9269, 3.5247, 15.9350)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551171 #2D7111

analogous

#251171 #551171 #71115D

triadic

#551171 #715511 #117155

tetradic

#551171 #712511 #2D7111 #115D71

square

#551171 #712511 #2D7111 #115D71

split-complementary

#551171 #5D7111 #117125

monochromatic

#14041B #2D093C #551171 #7D19A6 #A521DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#551171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#551171 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551171

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551171	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02366F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.155 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599a',
    500: '#551171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551171;
$custom-light: #89599a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34822,
    "c": 0.15456,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551171

secondary

#57A836

accent

#F1376D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551171

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

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