#551461#551461

#551461 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.136 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551461
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 97)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 79.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 40.48, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 50.83, 322.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.1058 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.136 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1539, 3.2950, 11.6188)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551461 #206114

analogous

#2E1461 #551461 #611446

triadic

#551461 #615514 #146155

tetradic

#551461 #612E14 #206114 #144661

square

#551461 #612E14 #206114 #144661

split-complementary

#551461 #466114 #14612E

monochromatic

#160519 #290A2E #551461 #811E94 #AE29C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#551461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#551461 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551461

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551461	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D355F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.136 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a8e',
    500: '#551461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551461;
$custom-light: #885a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.649,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33844,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551461

secondary

#479838

accent

#E93F59

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #551461

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

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