#551263#551263

#551263 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.141 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551263
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 99)
HSL	hsl(290, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 82%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 81.8%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.08, 41.62, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.08, 52.65, 322.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.81% 0.1075 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(33.81% 0.141 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2145, 3.2651, 12.1048)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551263 #206312

analogous

#2D1263 #551263 #631248

triadic

#551263 #635512 #126355

tetradic

#551263 #632D12 #206312 #124863

square

#551263 #632D12 #206312 #124863

split-complementary

#551263 #486312 #12632D

monochromatic

#16051A #29092F #551263 #811B97 #AE25CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#551263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551263 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551263

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551263	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55233A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.141 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885990',
    500: '#551263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551263;
$custom-light: #885990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.63,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33809,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551263

secondary

#479B36

accent

#EC3C5A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551263

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

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