#551172#551172

#551172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.155 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551172
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 45.13, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 60.53, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.1055 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.156 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9835, 3.5473, 16.2332)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551172 #2E7211

analogous

#241172 #551172 #72115E

triadic

#551172 #725511 #117255

tetradic

#551172 #722411 #2E7211 #115E72

square

#551172 #722411 #2E7211 #115E72

split-complementary

#551172 #5E7211 #117224

monochromatic

#14041B #2D093D #551172 #7D19A7 #A421DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#551172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551172

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551172	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.155 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599b',
    500: '#551172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551172;
$custom-light: #89599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.062,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34905,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551172

secondary

#58A936

accent

#F1376F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551172

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

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