#551373#551373

#551373 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.155 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551373
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 115)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 83.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 44.68, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 60.29, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.1036 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.155 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0731, 3.6350, 16.5454)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551373 #317313

analogous

#251373 #551373 #731361

triadic

#551373 #735513 #137355

tetradic

#551373 #732513 #317313 #136173

square

#551373 #732513 #317313 #136173

split-complementary

#551373 #617313 #137325

monochromatic

#13041A #2E0A3E #551373 #7C1CA8 #A225DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#551373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551373 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551373

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551373	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.155 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9c',
    500: '#551373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551373;
$custom-light: #895a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 71.642,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35148,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551373

secondary

#5CAA38

accent

#EE3972

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551373

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

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