#551257#551257

#551257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.130 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551257
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(298, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.25, 39.25, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.25, 46.86, 326.90°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% 0.1084 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.13 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6828, 3.0524, 9.3048)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551257 #145712

analogous

#321257 #551257 #571236

triadic

#551257 #575512 #125755

tetradic

#551257 #573212 #145712 #123657

square

#551257 #573212 #145712 #123657

split-complementary

#551257 #365712 #125732

monochromatic

#190519 #230824 #551257 #871C8A #B827BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#551257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#551257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551257

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551257	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581D33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.130 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885887',
    500: '#551257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551257;
$custom-light: #885887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3296,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551257

secondary

#389035

accent

#E93F44

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551257

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

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