#551474#551474

#551474 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.155 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551474
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 116)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 44.55, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 60.40, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.32% 0.1026 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(35.32% 0.155 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1483, 3.6928, 16.8558)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551474 #337414

analogous

#251474 #551474 #741463

triadic

#551474 #745514 #147455

tetradic

#551474 #742514 #337414 #146374

square

#551474 #742514 #337414 #146374

split-complementary

#551474 #637414 #147425

monochromatic

#13051A #2F0B40 #551474 #7B1DA8 #A128DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#551474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#551474 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551474

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551474	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.155 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b9d',
    500: '#551474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551474;
$custom-light: #895b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35315,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551474

secondary

#5EAA3A

accent

#ED3A74

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #551474

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

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