#551361#551361

#551361 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.138 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551361
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 97)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 80.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 40.85, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 51.26, 322.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.1068 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.138 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1366, 3.2604, 11.6130)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551361 #1F6113

analogous

#2E1361 #551361 #611346

triadic

#551361 #615513 #136155

tetradic

#551361 #612E13 #1F6113 #134661

square

#551361 #612E13 #1F6113 #134661

split-complementary

#551361 #466113 #13612E

monochromatic

#16051A #28092E #551361 #821D94 #AF27C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#551361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#551361 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551361

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551361	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C355F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.138 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88598e',
    500: '#551361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551361;
$custom-light: #88598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33751,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551361

secondary

#469937

accent

#EA3E58

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551361

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

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