#551265#551265

#551265 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.142 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551265
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 101)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 82.2%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 42.03, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 53.64, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.1072 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.142 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3113, 3.3038, 12.6147)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551265 #226512

analogous

#2B1265 #551265 #65124B

triadic

#551265 #655512 #126555

tetradic

#551265 #652B12 #226512 #124B65

square

#551265 #652B12 #226512 #124B65

split-complementary

#551265 #4B6512 #12652B

monochromatic

#16051A #290931 #551265 #811B99 #AC25CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#551265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551265 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551265

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551265	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55243B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.142 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885991',
    500: '#551265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551265;
$custom-light: #885991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.434,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33959,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551265

secondary

#4A9D36

accent

#ED3B5D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551265

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →