#551272#551272

#551272 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.155 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551272
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 114)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 84.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 44.80, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 60.16, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.1047 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.155 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9993, 3.5790, 16.2384)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551272 #2F7212

analogous

#251272 #551272 #72125F

triadic

#551272 #725512 #127255

tetradic

#551272 #722512 #2F7212 #125F72

square

#551272 #722512 #2F7212 #125F72

split-complementary

#551272 #5F7212 #127225

monochromatic

#14041A #2E0A3D #551272 #7C1AA7 #A423DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#551272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551272

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551272	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.155 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9b',
    500: '#551272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551272;
$custom-light: #895a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.875,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34984,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551272

secondary

#59A937

accent

#EF3870

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551272

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

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