#551356#551356

#551356 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.128 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551356
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 86)
HSL	hsl(299, 64%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(299, 78%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.32, 38.69, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.32, 45.96, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.99% 0.1074 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(32.99% 0.128 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6588, 3.0693, 9.0967)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551356 #145613

analogous

#331356 #551356 #561335

triadic

#551356 #565513 #135655

tetradic

#551356 #563313 #145613 #133556

square

#551356 #563313 #145613 #133556

split-complementary

#551356 #355613 #135633

monochromatic

#190619 #230824 #551356 #871E88 #B829BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#551356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#551356 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551356

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551356	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.128 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885986',
    500: '#551356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551356;
$custom-light: #885986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.104,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32988,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551356

secondary

#388E36

accent

#E74143

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551356

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

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