#551472#551472

#551472 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.153 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551472
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 44.11, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 59.38, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.103 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.153 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0332, 3.6467, 16.2497)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551472 #317214

analogous

#261472 #551472 #721460

triadic

#551472 #725514 #147255

tetradic

#551472 #722614 #317214 #146072

square

#551472 #722614 #317214 #146072

split-complementary

#551472 #607214 #147226

monochromatic

#13051A #2E0B3E #551472 #7C1DA6 #A227D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#551472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#551472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551472

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551472	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.153 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a9b',
    500: '#551472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551472;
$custom-light: #895a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.489,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35152,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551472

secondary

#5CA839

accent

#ED3B72

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551472

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

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