#551175#551175

#551175 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.158 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551175
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 117)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 85.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 45.79, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 62.04, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.1047 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.158 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1570, 3.6167, 17.1473)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551175 #317511

analogous

#231175 #551175 #751163

triadic

#551175 #755511 #117555

tetradic

#551175 #752311 #317511 #116375

square

#551175 #752311 #317511 #116375

split-complementary

#551175 #637511 #117523

monochromatic

#13041B #2E0940 #551175 #7C19AA #A222DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#551175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551175

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551175	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.158 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9d',
    500: '#551175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551175;
$custom-light: #895a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35154,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551175

secondary

#5CAC36

accent

#F13772

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551175

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

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