#551269#551269

#551269 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.146 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551269
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 105)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 83%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 82.9%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.52, 42.87, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.52, 55.63, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.1066 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.146 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5120, 3.3841, 13.6720)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551269 #266912

analogous

#2A1269 #551269 #691252

triadic

#551269 #695512 #126955

tetradic

#551269 #692A12 #266912 #125269

square

#551269 #692A12 #266912 #125269

split-complementary

#551269 #526912 #12692A

monochromatic

#15041A #2B0935 #551269 #7F1B9D #AA24D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#551269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#551269 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551269

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551269	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54263E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.146 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885994',
    500: '#551269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551269;
$custom-light: #885994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.207,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34265,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551269

secondary

#4FA136

accent

#ED3A63

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551269

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

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