#551255#551255

#551255 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.128 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551255
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.12, 38.88, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.12, 45.93, 327.83°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% 0.1085 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.128 328)
XYZ	xyz(5.6022, 3.0202, 8.8805)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551255 #125512

analogous

#331255 #551255 #551233

triadic

#551255 #555512 #125555

tetradic

#551255 #553312 #125512 #123355

square

#551255 #553312 #125512 #123355

split-complementary

#551255 #335512 #125533

monochromatic

#190519 #220722 #551255 #881D88 #BA27BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#551255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551255

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551255	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.128 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885885',
    500: '#551255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551255;
$custom-light: #885885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32828,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.0302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551255

secondary

#358E35

accent

#E84040

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551255

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

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