#551268#551268

#551268 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.145 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551268
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 104)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 83%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 82.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 42.66, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 55.13, 320.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.19% 0.1067 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(34.19% 0.145 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4609, 3.3637, 13.4029)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551268 #256812

analogous

#2A1268 #551268 #681250

triadic

#551268 #685512 #126855

tetradic

#551268 #682A12 #256812 #125068

square

#551268 #682A12 #256812 #125068

split-complementary

#551268 #506812 #12682A

monochromatic

#15051A #2A0934 #551268 #801B9C #AA24D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#551268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551268 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551268

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551268	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54263D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.145 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885994',
    500: '#551268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551268;
$custom-light: #885994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34187,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551268

secondary

#4DA036

accent

#ED3B62

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551268

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

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