#551262#551262

#551262 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.140 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551262
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 98)
HSL	hsl(290, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 82%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 81.6%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.00, 41.42, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.00, 52.16, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.1076 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.14 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1670, 3.2461, 11.8546)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551262 #1F6212

analogous

#2D1262 #551262 #621247

triadic

#551262 #625512 #126255

tetradic

#551262 #622D12 #1F6212 #124762

square

#551262 #622D12 #1F6212 #124762

split-complementary

#551262 #476212 #12622D

monochromatic

#16051A #28092E #551262 #821B96 #AF25C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#551262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551262 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551262

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551262	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55233A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.140 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88598f',
    500: '#551262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551262;
$custom-light: #88598f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.25,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33735,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551262

secondary

#469A36

accent

#EC3C59

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551262

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

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