#551174#551174

#551174 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.157 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551174
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 45.57, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 61.54, 317.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.105 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.157 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0986, 3.5933, 16.8393)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551174 #307411

analogous

#231174 #551174 #741161

triadic

#551174 #745511 #117455

tetradic

#551174 #742311 #307411 #116174

square

#551174 #742311 #307411 #116174

split-complementary

#551174 #617411 #117423

monochromatic

#14041B #2E093F #551174 #7C19A9 #A321DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#551174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551174

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551174	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.157 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599d',
    500: '#551174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551174;
$custom-light: #89599d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.212,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35071,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551174

secondary

#5BAB36

accent

#F13771

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551174

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

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