#551359#551359

#551359 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.130 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551359
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 89)
HSL	hsl(297, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 78.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 39.26, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 47.38, 325.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% 0.1073 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.13 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7822, 3.1187, 9.7467)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551359 #175913

analogous

#321359 #551359 #59133A

triadic

#551359 #595513 #135955

tetradic

#551359 #593213 #175913 #133A59

square

#551359 #593213 #175913 #133A59

split-complementary

#551359 #3A5913 #135932

monochromatic

#180519 #250827 #551359 #851E8B #B529BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#551359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#551359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551359

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551359	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#571F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.130 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885988',
    500: '#551359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551359;
$custom-light: #885988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.571,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33188,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551359

secondary

#3C9137

accent

#E8404A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551359

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

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