#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
RGBrgb(85, 18, 85)
HSLhsl(300, 65%, 20%)
HSVhsv(300, 79%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(20.12, 38.88, -24.45)
CIE-LCHlch(20.12, 45.93, 327.83°)
OKLaboklab(32.83% 0.1085 -0.0677)
OKLCHoklch(32.83% 0.128 328)
XYZxyz(5.6022, 3.0202, 8.8805)
Luminance0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##5512551.0013.091.6013.09
#FFFFFF13.091.0021.001.00
#0000001.6021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.091.0021.001.00

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

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#551255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva