#551273#551273

#551273 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.156 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551273
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 115)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 45.02, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 60.67, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.1045 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.156 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0566, 3.6019, 16.5398)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551273 #307312

analogous

#241273 #551273 #731260

triadic

#551273 #735512 #127355

tetradic

#551273 #732412 #307312 #126073

square

#551273 #732412 #307312 #126073

split-complementary

#551273 #607312 #127324

monochromatic

#14041A #2E0A3E #551273 #7C1AA8 #A323DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#551273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551273 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551273

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551273	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.156 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9c',
    500: '#551273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551273;
$custom-light: #895a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.443,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35066,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551273

secondary

#5BAA37

accent

#F03871

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551273

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

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