#551176#551176

#551176 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.159 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551176
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 118)
HSL	hsl(280, 75%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 86%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 85.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 46.01, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 62.54, 317.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.1045 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.159 311)
XYZ	xyz(7.2161, 3.6404, 17.4586)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551176 #327611

analogous

#231176 #551176 #761165

triadic

#551176 #765511 #117655

tetradic

#551176 #762311 #327611 #116576

square

#551176 #762311 #327611 #116576

split-complementary

#551176 #657611 #117623

monochromatic

#13041B #2E0941 #551176 #7C19AB #A122DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#551176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551176 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551176

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551176	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.159 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9e',
    500: '#551176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551176;
$custom-light: #895a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.396,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35239,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.0364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551176

secondary

#5DAD36

accent

#F13673

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551176

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

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