#551253#551253

#551253 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.126 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551253
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 83)
HSL	hsl(302, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(302, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 2.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 38.50, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 45.01, 328.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% 0.1085 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.126 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5239, 2.9889, 8.4679)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551253 #125514

analogous

#351255 #551253 #551231

triadic

#551253 #535512 #125355

tetradic

#551253 #553512 #125514 #123155

square

#551253 #553512 #125514 #123155

split-complementary

#551253 #315512 #125535

monochromatic

#190519 #220722 #551253 #881D84 #BA27B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#551253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551253

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551253	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.126 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885883',
    500: '#551253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551253;
$custom-light: #885883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.791,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32697,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551253

secondary

#358E38

accent

#E84540

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551253

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

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