#551276#551276

#551276 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.158 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551276
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 118)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(280, 85%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 84.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.56, 45.68, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.56, 62.18, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.1037 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.158 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2320, 3.6721, 17.4638)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551276 #337612

analogous

#231276 #551276 #761265

triadic

#551276 #765512 #127655

tetradic

#551276 #762312 #337612 #126576

square

#551276 #762312 #337612 #126576

split-complementary

#551276 #657612 #127623

monochromatic

#13041B #2F0A41 #551276 #7B1AAB #A125DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#551276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551276 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551276

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551276	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.158 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9e',
    500: '#551276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551276;
$custom-light: #895a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35316,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551276

secondary

#5EAD37

accent

#F03875

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551276

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

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