#551275#551275

#551275 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.157 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551275
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 117)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 84.6%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 45.46, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 61.68, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.104 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.157 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1729, 3.6485, 17.1525)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551275 #327512

analogous

#241275 #551275 #751264

triadic

#551275 #755512 #127555

tetradic

#551275 #752412 #327512 #126475

square

#551275 #752412 #327512 #126475

split-complementary

#551275 #647512 #127524

monochromatic

#13041B #2E0A40 #551275 #7C1AAA #A124DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#551275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551275 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551275

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551275	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.157 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9d',
    500: '#551275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551275;
$custom-light: #895a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.606,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35232,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551275

secondary

#5DAC37

accent

#F03873

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551275

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

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