#551459#551459

#551459 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.129 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551459
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 89)
HSL	hsl(297, 63%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(297, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 38.88, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 46.94, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% 0.1063 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.129 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7995, 3.1533, 9.7524)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551459 #185914

analogous

#331459 #551459 #59143B

triadic

#551459 #595514 #145955

tetradic

#551459 #593314 #185914 #143B59

square

#551459 #593314 #185914 #143B59

split-complementary

#551459 #3B5914 #145933

monochromatic

#180619 #250927 #551459 #851F8B #B42ABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#551459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#551459 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551459

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551459	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.129 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885988',
    500: '#551459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551459;
$custom-light: #885988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.522,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33284,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551459

secondary

#3D9138

accent

#E6414B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #551459

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

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