#551366#551366

#551366 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.142 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551366
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 102)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 41.88, -33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 53.73, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.12% 0.1061 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(34.12% 0.142 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3771, 3.3566, 12.8798)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551366 #246613

analogous

#2B1366 #551366 #66134D

triadic

#551366 #665513 #136655

tetradic

#551366 #662B13 #246613 #134D66

square

#551366 #662B13 #246613 #134D66

split-complementary

#551366 #4D6613 #13662B

monochromatic

#15051A #2A0932 #551366 #801D9A #AB26CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#551366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#551366 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551366

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551366	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.142 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885992',
    500: '#551366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551366;
$custom-light: #885992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.711,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34122,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551366

secondary

#4C9D37

accent

#EB3C60

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551366

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

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