#551372#551372

#551372 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.154 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551372
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 114)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 83.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 44.46, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 59.78, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.1039 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.154 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0159, 3.6122, 16.2440)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551372 #307213

analogous

#251372 #551372 #72135F

triadic

#551372 #725513 #137255

tetradic

#551372 #722513 #307213 #135F72

square

#551372 #722513 #307213 #135F72

split-complementary

#551372 #5F7213 #137225

monochromatic

#14041A #2E0A3E #551372 #7C1CA6 #A325DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#551372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#551372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551372

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551372	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.154 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9b',
    500: '#551372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551372;
$custom-light: #895a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.684,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35066,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551372

secondary

#5BA938

accent

#EE3A71

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551372

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

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