#551362#551362

#551362 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.138 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551362
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 98)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 41.06, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 51.75, 322.50°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% 0.1067 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.138 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1835, 3.2792, 11.8601)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551362 #206213

analogous

#2E1362 #551362 #621347

triadic

#551362 #625513 #136255

tetradic

#551362 #622E13 #206213 #134762

square

#551362 #622E13 #206213 #134762

split-complementary

#551362 #476213 #13622E

monochromatic

#16051A #29092F #551362 #811D95 #AE27C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#551362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551362 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551362

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551362	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55233A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.138 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88598f',
    500: '#551362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551362;
$custom-light: #88598f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.127,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33824,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551362

secondary

#479A37

accent

#EA3D5A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551362

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

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