#551173#551173

#551173 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.156 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551173
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 115)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 85.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 45.35, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 61.03, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.1053 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.156 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0407, 3.5702, 16.5346)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551173 #2F7311

analogous

#241173 #551173 #731160

triadic

#551173 #735511 #117355

tetradic

#551173 #732411 #2F7311 #116073

square

#551173 #732411 #2F7311 #116073

split-complementary

#551173 #607311 #117324

monochromatic

#14041B #2E093E #551173 #7C19A8 #A421DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#551173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551173

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551173	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.156 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599c',
    500: '#551173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551173;
$custom-light: #89599c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34987,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551173

secondary

#59AA36

accent

#F13770

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551173

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

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