#551270#551270

#551270 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.153 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551270
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 112)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 44.37, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 59.15, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.1052 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.153 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8867, 3.5340, 15.6454)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551270 #2D7012

analogous

#261270 #551270 #70125C

triadic

#551270 #705512 #127055

tetradic

#551270 #702612 #2D7012 #125C70

square

#551270 #702612 #2D7012 #125C70

split-complementary

#551270 #5C7012 #127026

monochromatic

#14041A #2D0A3B #551270 #7D1AA5 #A523D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#551270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551270 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551270

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551270	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.153 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9a',
    500: '#551270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551270;
$custom-light: #895a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.766,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3482,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551270

secondary

#57A737

accent

#EF396D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551270

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

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