#551266#551266

#551266 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.143 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551266
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 102)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 42.24, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 54.14, 321.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.1071 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.143 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3606, 3.3235, 12.8743)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551266 #236612

analogous

#2B1266 #551266 #66124D

triadic

#551266 #665512 #126655

tetradic

#551266 #662B12 #236612 #124D66

square

#551266 #662B12 #236612 #124D66

split-complementary

#551266 #4D6612 #12662B

monochromatic

#16051A #2A0932 #551266 #801B9A #AC24CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#551266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551266 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551266

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551266	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.143 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885992',
    500: '#551266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551266;
$custom-light: #885992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34034,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551266

secondary

#4B9E36

accent

#ED3B5F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551266

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

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