#551271#551271

#551271 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.154 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551271
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 113)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 84.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 44.58, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 59.66, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.1049 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.154 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9427, 3.5564, 15.9403)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551271 #2E7112

analogous

#251271 #551271 #71125D

triadic

#551271 #715512 #127155

tetradic

#551271 #712512 #2E7112 #125D71

square

#551271 #712512 #2E7112 #125D71

split-complementary

#551271 #5D7112 #127125

monochromatic

#14041A #2D0A3C #551271 #7D1AA6 #A423DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#551271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#551271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551271

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551271	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03366F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.154 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9a',
    500: '#551271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551271;
$custom-light: #895a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.316,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34902,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551271

secondary

#58A837

accent

#EF396E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551271

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

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